If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
December 14, 2024
There was this awfully good looking older fellow, perhaps early 60s, my age, who started showing up in the comments of a few of my stories a few days back. I haven’t been in a good head space the last week, so I half-heartedly tried to discourage him. I mentioned my current obsession with political going’s on, which is also why I haven’t been in a good head space. He responded that he doesn’t pay attention to politics. That pretty much rules him out as any kind of a connection for me, friendship or otherwise. Anyone who is not paying attention to current events isn’t someone I’d have much in common with. But he was persistent. Gotta admire that in a man. He gave me his email twice in comments, so I emailed him.
I got his “cut it out” email this morning and went back on Medium to check to see if he’d blocked me. He is showing as a “deleted user”. Curious, I asked Google and Google said: “The key differences between a deleted user and a blocked user on Medium are that a deleted user has removed their account and can no longer access the platform, whereas a blocked user still has an active account but is restricted from interacting with the user who blocked them.” Furthermore, Medium will delete fake and spam accounts. The platform is growing, but it’s still a manageable enough size that the tools they have in place are catching…
