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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
 

This is the first private message I get on Lemmy, it immediately seemed suspicious to me so I tried the famous thing.... and it worked!

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[–] rustyfish 125 points 3 weeks ago (38 children)

When I got this kind of message I immediately blocked them. Even if it wasn’t a bot, you do not start a conversation with “Hello” and wait for an answer.

[–] petersr 66 points 3 weeks ago (21 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)
[–] QuadratureSurfer 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago
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