First let me clarify my view. I'm talking specifically about random men that find a profile picture online and decide to send a flirty or creepy message, not pictures or anything illegal, just highly suggestive messages. Also, I'm talking about the creeps that have no physical connection to the woman being harassed, they are total strangers. I believe that the best way to handle these messages is to block them at the first sign of them behaving weirdly, an example would be how old are you? I would suggest that you should immediately block them and report them on fb if you want. However, I wouldn't suggest responding to them say hey quit it or I'm going to report you , I would just block them immediately with no further discussion. I believe that continuing to engage them in any conversation simply gives them more of what they want, attention. Responding to their opening statements only gives them time to begin sending even more extreme messages. A female friend of mine has received plenty of creepy sexual messages and she's fed up with it. She would always eventually block them, but only after she tried to berate their actions. Now, whenever she receives something creepy in her fb inbox she will spend her day trying to find out if he has a family or a job that she can send screenshots to in order for him to be punished. I believe that to be a large waste of time. I can appreciate feeling hurt by something, and wanting to get retribution, but I think spending the time and effort to try to get them to be accountable for their actions won't help anything. Here are my reasons for why immediately blocking people is the best method There are far too many creeps out there for you to be able to make any change by trying to publicly out them. Even if they were publicly outed and their wives left them, they wouldn't stop their activities online. If anything, now they'll have more reason to send messages to women because they are even more lonely now. The time and mental energy spend fuming over unsolicited messages will only hurt your mental well being in the long run, and keep you from pursing interests that actually fulfill you. I can appreciate wanting to make a difference and change people. But I think on the internet, the best method to fight the perverts is to just simply block, report if you want, and move on. Possible ways that my view could be changed Point out a flaw in my logic. Somehow provide evidence that my method does more harm than good. gt This is a footnote from the  moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please read through our rules If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which, downvotes don't change views Any questions or concerns? Feel free to message us Happy ing
The best way to handle unsolicited messages online is to immediately block them and move on.