I gotta give it to you guys. The foresight to prevent a disaster is 10/10. Top tier. Well done.

Yeah it seemed funny at first but the longer this went on the creepier it got as we all realized this isn't just a catfish.

Whoever is doing this to the actual person in the photos is a terrible human being and should go climb under a rock for the rest of their lives.

I can't wait for the future 4 hour video deep dive into Nicole history and lore.

Is this Nicole thing really still a thing? That’s so like back when I still had a 401k.

This is a copy+paste of a comment I left on the !Nicole@feddit.org mod post after the recent incident with the gruesome picture(s?):

“I think if Lemmy doesn’t have the infrastructure to defend against attacks like these which are presumptively conducted by one bad actor, then it doesn’t have the infrastructure to defend against wealthy organizations when our communities do get big enough to be noticed by them.

[!Nicole@feddit.org]’s history underscores how the messaging system in particular needs a massive overhaul; using image recognition as a filter for messages like Lemmy.World does for image posts (with options for NSFW that isn’t NSFL?), preventing images (and URLs? or only allowing white-listed sites?) from being sent within the first message sent between users (unless a box is ticked?), ~~not showing message recipients images until they are directly opened~~, and preventing the de-anonymizing of message recipients should be made first priority for the next patch.”

Edit: not sure if my comment is inciting other trolls/spammers to target me but I just got this DM several hours after commenting

Wait, there are people who genuinely believe she's the one behind it?

I thought it was pretty obvious that she's the target of harassment. Some people must be new to the Internet

Thank you for your work managing the spam waves!

About damn time. The joke has run it's course a long time a ago and if these posts are victimizing an individual they most definitely need to be stopped.

Considering the spammer has used so many different photos, and they all seem to be "in the moment" webcam photos, I suspect they may have webcam spyware on the victim's computer

Is this the person some folks around here were referring to as the "Fediverse chick?"

Thanks. Even if it isn't a harassment campaign I'm sick of the messaging

What of the recent NSFW/gore images that were shared? Has that been reported to authorities?

Not expecting police to solve it, but at least it would be on their radar.

This annoys the fuck out of me and I hope whoever is behind it doesn't realize their goals, because I don't want lemmy to degrade into a bunch of spam PMs.

part of a larger scale harassment campaign against the person depicted

Oh boy that's horrible, if true I hope she has reported it to police, and they can help her.

Damn, I never thought about it this way. Wow. I always took it as a funny thing not thinking of the person in the photo being an actual person who could very well be harassed. Thank you for bringing this to light. Whoever thought of this is a good human being. <3

Yay, fediverse lore!

I thought she loved me.

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, but are you able to confirm whether admins have reported this to the police?

Even if violence hasn't been perpetrated, the harassment is still a crime surely.

I have no context for this and thought it was an April fools joke left up but no, this is a real problem here?

I've heard that if you actually add her on friendica, the mayor of Toronto shows up at your house and gives you an old fashioned.