I have been advised to block incomplete profiles/accounts here

Yeah a lot of people block based on what they believe other people's profiles should look like but not everyone thinks the same way.

Some people delete their posts when they're no longer relevant or spend all their time commenting. They might not see the reasons for having the same profile layout that someone else does.

So personally if someone adds me I've never seen before I just don't add them back.
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I've put loads on my profile.
It definitely helps reduce the number of unwanted or inappropriate messages.
It means the approaches that do occur have a better chance of turning into a conversation.

If someone has not much on their profile, I can still get an idea of who they are by how they write: word choice, grammar, degree of brevity, relevence. It soon becomes evident whether they have a good brain, heart and broad interests - which are what I enjoy most. If they don't, I don't reply. Although, thankfully, they rarely come my way, I block rudeness, users, evangeliizers and conartsists.

100% agree. If you sign up for premium here you can see who visits your profile. I block anyone who visits who has an incomplete profile. I assume this is an alt account that is spying on me.

The only users I have blocked are the AI chatbots. I don't interact with blank, incomplete profiles. It's their choice to have their profile the way they have it. Blocking someone just because their profile is blank seems a bit much.

I see where she's coming from. Then again, I recently rejoined here and have no posts yet, although I have been commenting. And I am a nice person 😌

I can understand that person’s point, but I don’t waste a block on that alone. I don’t add them back, but I don’t block them, either, unless they become abusive or post rude content.

i get a LOT of those. i am sure it is people spying. i check to see how many times they view my profile then block. and they also know my schedule and that i am not on over the weekend...fake profiles.

I mean should a profile give contact info phone number email address? That provides the opportunity to be hacked. Similarly the internet is about being anyone. So why use a picture of yourself. No one wants to be recognized in the real world from their profile pic on similar worlds. Does your friend want that? Maybe on facebook. But in general the internet is about annonymity. If you are trying to meet peope pics should be exchange in messages not just for everyone to see.

I think that sounds reasonable. When people contact me that seem to be new or not, but have absolutely no posts submitted, I get suspicious. No friends, no contacts, seems strange.

I personally am suspicious of people who do not put their age or gender,you need to just think for yourself ???

It could go either way really. Personally, if I see someone like that continually visiting my profile, yet don't try to talk to me, I assume it's an alt & I block.

I also think that in some fashion, new users are encouraged to seek out the profiles of the like-minded. So it may be a legitimate viewing.

You pre empt what you think might be a poor communication by blocking based on who looks at your profile?

So if the person then posts and is actually interesting you will never see the post.

Do you wear a mask while driving alone in case of infection?

Sometimes people come here and they never come back again. And some people delete everything in there profile and stick around only to message known people here.

My reaction to empty profiles is that if you don’t want anyone to know you, then why are you here? It makes no sense.

Nah i only block hostiles because i like peace

It does seem pretty sensible.

You do that ull use up ur 500 blocks right away

It becomes obvious that the profile is empty very quickly and if it adds you it likely has very self centered goals that may be annoying to you or worse.

I say the same thing,I don't block but I don't add them,I call it the s w troll badge