Context: I (mid 20s) have somewhat of an Instagram following, not a huge amount just 11k. I’m not an ‘influencer’ in the traditional sense. I just had my profile public and started to get followers after one of my photos were shared on an inspo page. I have a full time job.
Anyway I was dating this guy, let’s call him Fred, from Dec - Feb. He was a nice guy but I decided to end it because I couldn’t see us lasting long term because of the nature of his job. We are no longer in contact but still follow each other on Instagram (although I’ve muted him because he posts too much). Last week I created one of those ‘ask me anything’ Q&A’s and I kept getting questions about the last guy I dated such as ‘do you consider any of your ex’s as the one that for away’ — that sort of nature. I ignored the questions. Then later that week I got DM from the same user and also a couple comments on my photos. I decided to click on the profile and it was a fake account with 0 followers and 12 following. Low and behold the people the account was following was Fred and his new girlfriend. I blocked the account. I also blocked her main account. A couple days later another fake account starts commenting on my photos in the same writing style so I had a snoop , and again it was the same girl!
My question is, do you think I should message my ex and ask him to ask her to stop harrassing me or do you think it’s a lost cause?
Now before anyone says it, I know that having a public profile welcomes a random following. For context, I’ve recently started dating a man I met through mutual friends. His ex watches all my stories (on her main account) but doesn’t follow me. I have no issue with this because she’s allowed to look.
But the constant messaging of this other other woman on fake accounts is weird. And surely if someone blocks you on your main account and fake account you should get the hint and that shouldn’t give you ammunition to make more fake accounts. It’s creepy. Am I justified in feeling this way?