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How can I effectively protect myself against harrassment on my profile page?
How can I effectively protect myself against harrassment on my profile page, without having to lock down my entire profile into private?

I have been fallen to extremely homophobic and racist harrassment since numerous days now by a group of users, who follow me around forums, in-game and even on my forum and I am not sure how I can stop this once and for all?

Will a report with the support solve this? Because I did report a while ago, but so far it continues unfortunately.

Any advice?
Originally posted by Masque:
You could do what I do:

Don't ever visit your profile page. BAM no harrassment. :amadeus_happy:
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put all comments to friends only will solves majority of problems
Originally posted by Küstenlurch:
How can I effectively protect myself against harrassment on my profile page, without having to lock down my entire profile into private?

I have been fallen to extremely homophobic and racist harrassment since numerous days now by a group of users, who follow me around forums, in-game and even on my forum and I am not sure how I can stop this once and for all?

Will a report with the support solve this? Because I did report a while ago, but so far it continues unfortunately.

Any advice?

As far as I know moderation and reports don't matter for home page comments. Anyway it might be unpleasant to hear but the best way to protect yourself from the harassment is to just ignore it. What they type only has as much meaning as you give it, if you give it none, it has none, and if you don't respond (deleting the posts is a response) they will eventually get bored and move on as they'll see their time as being wasted.

That is the most reliable approach, even if it is one of the harder ones as it requires self control.
You can just disable comments in settings.
I mean, check your privacy settings, there are quite a few, e. g. not being allowed to post on your wall, and lots more individual ones
Originally posted by Abaddon the Despoiler:
You can just disable comments in settings.

I literally said I don’t want to lock down my profile wall, whats the matter with you guys?

Do you ever read anything beyond the title?
You can still have a public profile but have friends only that can comment.
Originally posted by Küstenlurch:
Originally posted by Abaddon the Despoiler:
You can just disable comments in settings.

I literally said I don’t want to lock down my profile wall, whats the matter with you guys?

Do you ever read anything beyond the title?

Read entirety and if you do not accept given answers that is a you problem dude
Unfortunately, with how slow moderation acts, locking down your profile might be your only option if it troubles you this much.

Had to lock my comment section for that reason.
Originally posted by Küstenlurch:
Originally posted by Abaddon the Despoiler:
You can just disable comments in settings.

I literally said I don’t want to lock down my profile wall, whats the matter with you guys?

Do you ever read anything beyond the title?
No, you literally said you didn't want to completely lock it down to a private profile. Disabling comments and private profile are totally different things.

Originally posted by Küstenlurch:
without having to lock down my entire profile into private?
Last edited by Abaddon the Despoiler; 22 hours ago
Originally posted by Tröjan:
Originally posted by Küstenlurch:

I literally said I don’t want to lock down my profile wall, whats the matter with you guys?

Do you ever read anything beyond the title?

Read entirety and if you do not accept given answers that is a you problem dude

Nah, you not providing answer that aren't an option is a YOU problem, because you did not read the thread in the first place and now get toxic over people responding appropriately. Get a grip.



Originally posted by Thermal Lance:
Unfortunately, with how slow moderation acts, locking down your profile might be your only option if it troubles you this much.

Had to lock my comment section for that reason.

Mhh. I wait for what they say in the ticket. But it does appear like its the only solution.
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You could do what I do:

Don't ever visit your profile page. BAM no harrassment. :amadeus_happy:
Originally posted by Masque:
You could do what I do:

Don't ever visit your profile page. BAM no harrassment. :amadeus_happy:

Hahaha, good solution.
Originally posted by Abaddon the Despoiler:
Originally posted by Küstenlurch:

Nah, you not providing answer that aren't an option is a YOU problem, because you did not read the thread in the first place and now get toxic over people responding appropriately. Get a grip.





Mhh. I wait for what they say in the ticket. But it does appear like its the only solution.
I wondered why you were on my blocklist. I'm not wondering anymore.

Nor am I wondering why you are on my blocklist.
Seriously, in 14 years? I've looked at that page maybe five times.

Edit: 17 years. Wow.
Last edited by Masque; 22 hours ago
Originally posted by Masque:
Seriously, in 14 years? I've looked at that page maybe five times.

Edit: 17 years. Wow.

Really?
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