It’s ok. Blame it on the cat’s owner 💜 But you made a good point. How would you solve this identity scammers problem?

On Iris, those you follow have blue tick. 2nd tier but >10 Ppl common orange tick, and <10 white (or black). Iris web of trust is my quick check if I don’t know who’s who .

But like 🍆 spams, and hell threads it won’t work if people you follow engage with the spams (ie comment) as it becomes your web of trust network. Not perfect but I’ve not had major spam problems and it’s been a go to quick-check.

Another way is to see if this person has mutual follows but may not help if newbie knows no one 🤷‍♀️.