Earl

@amministratore @fediverso

That does appear to be a scam.

But my experience is visibility CAN be limited. It has happened to me, where the admin of an instance did not like my posts, so they hid them.

Admins can:

* Remove your posts from the local timeline

* Remove your posts from the federated timeline

* Prevent your posts from being boosted into timelines

But the domain name in your screenshot looks like a bad actor, and you are right to be suspicious.