I mean, it is fine to ask for more details if it can help solve a specific issue, say that you ask a question about tax law, but neglect to add what country you are from, then asking for your location is fine, but just out of the blue, nah.
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It's incredibly to normal to ask someone where they are from, it's just interesting to know. Normally it's just asking the country.
You dont have to answer at all of course, if someone doesnt respect that, then at least you know they arent worth your time.
Since the early days of Facebook, most people have been in roughly two camps: those who share just about anything, and those who share barely anything. Ok, there are also privacy minded people who share nothing at all, but that’s a different story.
People in the first category just love to tell you where they live, how many pets they have, send photos of everything etc. You know, social people. They also expect you the be like them, because that’s how tribalism works. It’s the default setting in the human brain, and disabling or even just limiting that urge takes some some skill and effort.
People in the second category share only a few opinions, but never their location or photos. I think most people on Lemmy are like this.
Yes.
In the context of the Internet, yes that is a valid question in my opinion. They don't want your literal address, they want to know your nationality. Being from place x generally means you also speak language y and have a cultural background of z.
Personally I only ask after interacting for months, and I only offer mine the same way. By that I mean in positive interactions.
I agree with others that say it might be an awkward way to get to know you
In general though I just don't like to be DM'd unsolicited without me ~~stalking~~ following the account and get to know the vibe
This is why I just don't do microblogs. I'm just an uninteresting and uninterested specimen of humanity
So idk why someone would want to randomly know about me through DM
Blocking out of the blue seems over the top to me. I'd rather just confront him about his behavior and see how he reacts. Maybe he just phrased it weird and didn't mean to come off as creepy.
If not, well, then you know
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