I'm still trying to be find-able. I edited my profile and saved it, which someone said may help.
Bluesky
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She's been linked upthread at least twice. It's how I had to find her. There have been huge numbers of members joining in a short time and things are being a bit glitchy because of it.I just tried finding you again, and you're still not coming up in search
Yeah, I think it's a "system overload" issue. I've seen several people saying that they've reported the same issue over other accounts, so hopefully it's high on their to-do list to fix.
I was able to find you and follow you without difficulty, but that was several days ago, when you first joined. Maybe things have glitched since then.
On a discord I'm on (London Writers) there was one account of all the accounts shared that was the same. The link worked, but the search for that user does not.
You're not alone Maryn! If you want that account to try to figure it out, I will share it.
You're not alone Maryn! If you want that account to try to figure it out, I will share it.
Nah, they know they have a problem. Good Trouble, right?
Anyone who'd like to follow me, first look to see if I followed you, right? I attempted to pick up everyone in this thread. You can follow back, if I'm not mistaken. If I missed you somehow, holler.
Meanwhile, I have catching up to do. I made a list of things to get done before Thanksgiving, a reasonable number per day, then proceeded to ignore it. Unwise.
Maryn whose new modus operandi is Unwise
Anyone who'd like to follow me, first look to see if I followed you, right? I attempted to pick up everyone in this thread. You can follow back, if I'm not mistaken. If I missed you somehow, holler.
Meanwhile, I have catching up to do. I made a list of things to get done before Thanksgiving, a reasonable number per day, then proceeded to ignore it. Unwise.
Maryn whose new modus operandi is Unwise
Just FYI, I was followed this morning by a bestselling Canadian author. It surprised me, but I followed back, and almost immediately was messaged with the kind of bland "Hi" and "How are you" stuff I expect from scammers/spammers. I responded in a noncommittal fashion and then got this:
which sounded not at all like a bestselling author to me. I put the kibosh on the convo, reported the account to Bluesky as either hacked or catfishing, and took the extra step of contacting the university where the author is an adjunct professor and asking them to forward the email to her.
which sounded not at all like a bestselling author to me. I put the kibosh on the convo, reported the account to Bluesky as either hacked or catfishing, and took the extra step of contacting the university where the author is an adjunct professor and asking them to forward the email to her.
I've seen multiple authors now reporting very similar events, some well-known author following them out of nowhere and not acting like one would anticipate. Apparently there's a rash of bad folks who are using authors' likenesses, cover art, and names, most likely setting up one scam or another.
One thing I highly approved of is an attempt by the person who got such a contact at BlueSky to let the real author know through means other than BlueSky, such as a place of employment, agent, or publisher, that this has occurred.
One thing I highly approved of is an attempt by the person who got such a contact at BlueSky to let the real author know through means other than BlueSky, such as a place of employment, agent, or publisher, that this has occurred.
This has been happening on Twitter and I'm not surprised it followed onto BlueSky. Scammers gonna scam. I get a laugh when they pick dead authors to impersonate though.
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Tamsyn Muir followed me. Not as good as Brigid's new follower. (And no, it's not the real one).
So theyāre really serious when they say Twitter is deadā¦
Robert Munsch followed me this morning. And was generous enough to put his email address in the header: [email protected].
Edit to add: Apparently he was diagnosed with dementia in 2021 according to a CBC interview and can no longer write.
Edit to add: Apparently he was diagnosed with dementia in 2021 according to a CBC interview and can no longer write.
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Great way to stay healthy and get your head out of the news for a while during the day.
I'm doing marathon in April and half-marathon in September for the next four years and I am not even in America. Same reason though.
I found you and followed you - I was hoping you were also counting the days in reverse in your posts, but it's good how you record them anyway as we can see the number of hikes against the total days.