I have experienced the same thing. A former friend turned stalker has a bad habit of trying to hunt me down using our shared fandoms, to the point where I'm going to have to start a new fandom identity myself. And after our last extremely unsettling encounter, I've realized I'm going to have to spread these shared fandoms across two different accounts. I've never had a dental practice before, so it's a new adventure for me.
But this stalking culture is just so unsettling.
Who cares if this person has the same fandoms as you, or someone you want to be friends with, or someone you want to get back in touch with, or even someone you don't like? I mean, who the hell has so much time on their hands that they go through and look for that sort of information when it comes to a stranger on the internet? And all over fanfiction?! JFC.
Have they committed war crimes? Murder? Rape? No? Leave them the fuck alone, FFS. If they want to talk to you, they will.
Re: Is an AO3 account not enough?
I have experienced the same thing. A former friend turned stalker has a bad habit of trying to hunt me down using our shared fandoms, to the point where I'm going to have to start a new fandom identity myself. And after our last extremely unsettling encounter, I've realized I'm going to have to spread these shared fandoms across two different accounts. I've never had a dental practice before, so it's a new adventure for me.
But this stalking culture is just so unsettling.
Who cares if this person has the same fandoms as you, or someone you want to be friends with, or someone you want to get back in touch with, or even someone you don't like? I mean, who the hell has so much time on their hands that they go through and look for that sort of information when it comes to a stranger on the internet? And all over fanfiction?! JFC.
Have they committed war crimes? Murder? Rape? No? Leave them the fuck alone, FFS. If they want to talk to you, they will.