What's concerning, is that when you go to check out who "liked" the post, it lists a whole bunch of "people" and at the bottom it says "and 9 Others" without the option to click to view the "9 Others". This seems like a security issue as you cannot see or investigate who the "others" are!!! #WTF @SUBSTACK !!!
I restacked and hearted this because I like how you're calling attention to it. I seem to be seeing similar concerns about once a week on substack. I've not found a way to contact anyone from substack about it. I'd like to know if there is one bc it bothers me that ppl doing the right thing by leaving twitr etc would be treated similarly here at substack. This is supposed to be the best free speech place to be. I saw part of the don lemon/musk interview and it seemed staged to me. As though Musk is standing up for freedom of speech. I really wish ppl would wake up and start saying NO to nefariousness. 👈It didn't spell check me so ok.
Just kidding, that’s what it looks like when a user sets his/her account to hide likes. Some people do that so that their likes don’t clutter up other people’s feeds.
So, what exactly happened? They created a fake account that looks like you, but they blocked you, so you can't see what they are doing (while they impersonate you)?
It could be used as a plot to get people to "validate their account." Kind of like blue checks on Twitter/X.
Almost like they are creating doubles of everything so who would know which things are the real deal. Almost as if Substack itself is doing it if you can’t click on it right?
You may not be the only one. As long as I’ve been in SS—roughly 18 months—I’ve read many longform articles that, as I clicked “like” and my icon appeared at the bottom, the *author’s name was also there, having liked ehat looked like their own post. I wondered, “Did you really like your own post?”, and now realize there may be bots or imposters; worse, can or would they troll writers that way? I do think much of what we see around us is blatant trolling.
There was a day around March 15 that the comments and likes on the notes were going totally crazy. A lot of writers were talking about it. Is it still happening?
You must be hitting a sore spot, Renee.
Leslie
What the Hey...?? That is Truely Creepy... Might see what Josh Who Truth Seeker might think of this.. I will keep an eye out...
What's concerning, is that when you go to check out who "liked" the post, it lists a whole bunch of "people" and at the bottom it says "and 9 Others" without the option to click to view the "9 Others". This seems like a security issue as you cannot see or investigate who the "others" are!!! #WTF @SUBSTACK !!!
I restacked and hearted this because I like how you're calling attention to it. I seem to be seeing similar concerns about once a week on substack. I've not found a way to contact anyone from substack about it. I'd like to know if there is one bc it bothers me that ppl doing the right thing by leaving twitr etc would be treated similarly here at substack. This is supposed to be the best free speech place to be. I saw part of the don lemon/musk interview and it seemed staged to me. As though Musk is standing up for freedom of speech. I really wish ppl would wake up and start saying NO to nefariousness. 👈It didn't spell check me so ok.
Very disappointing, don't give up, obviously you are saying something important.
Leslie
It’s ur Mom.
Just kidding, that’s what it looks like when a user sets his/her account to hide likes. Some people do that so that their likes don’t clutter up other people’s feeds.
This might be part of something bigger.
So, what exactly happened? They created a fake account that looks like you, but they blocked you, so you can't see what they are doing (while they impersonate you)?
It could be used as a plot to get people to "validate their account." Kind of like blue checks on Twitter/X.
Almost like they are creating doubles of everything so who would know which things are the real deal. Almost as if Substack itself is doing it if you can’t click on it right?
You may not be the only one. As long as I’ve been in SS—roughly 18 months—I’ve read many longform articles that, as I clicked “like” and my icon appeared at the bottom, the *author’s name was also there, having liked ehat looked like their own post. I wondered, “Did you really like your own post?”, and now realize there may be bots or imposters; worse, can or would they troll writers that way? I do think much of what we see around us is blatant trolling.
There was a day around March 15 that the comments and likes on the notes were going totally crazy. A lot of writers were talking about it. Is it still happening?