I had a couple of new followers in bluesky. A new follower DMed me. He asked how I was, I said I was good. Then he asked where I was from and when I said I prefer not to say, he said he understands and that he wanted to know more about me. I told him my interests and such and didn’t give any important information about myself. He too told me about his hobbies. Then he asked about my location once again. When I declined once again he said that he understands “not being cool enough to say where you are from”. That was an odd thing to say. I got creeped out and blocked him. Is this normal? Why would anyone want to know about each other’s location?
Asking where someone is from is a common bit of information people ask/share during introductions, so it’s normal to be curious about that. It’s also normal to want to maintain privacy online, so don’t let randoms on the internet pressure you into sharing anything you’re not comfortable with.