Social engineering seems like it could be a bigger problem in the fediverse than on traditional social media platforms.

I feel that phishing becomes easier when there’s no single authoritative site to log into, as people may not check the URL as thoroughly. Impersonation also seems problematic.

Like much of the early internet, this new tech seems reliant on trusting the goodwill of others. I’m sure in time we will see the platform evolve to counteract the bad actors.

Some people have no conscience, I’m sorry OP. Whilst it’s frustrating at the time, I found the first scratches on my car to be quite liberating after a while as I no longer felt so concerned about messing up my perfect paintwork!