Transcription: picture is a screenshot of a user inbox page with a new message containing a photo of a woman with dark hair. The message reads “Hi I am Nicole but you can call me the Fediverse chick”. There’s more text but this is very obviously a bot attempting to get people to join a particular server.
On a side note: I can’t delete this message as I get an error about dms not being available. I’ve blocked the bot already. Does programming.dev support dm’s?
Why does this use the most stupid photo they could find?
To make it seem authentic
As a Real Woman™ I would never send a blurry candid to introduce my face. The poor lady got her picture stolen (maybe this is a video screenshot?) probably has nicer shots of herself. Ironically the spammer trying to seem “authentic” with this picture just makes her feel faker. I imagine most people want to put our best foot forward and make a good impression, hence a nice picture.
They should have taken the picture in the mirror with their phone covering their face then.
I think it’s from a livestream