Geez that was a dumb time. Dude makes an account to spam a gecko licking a cherrio, everyone hated it, people copied him, so they start loving the original, then he goes away for a bit and there is only the copy cats, it dies, he comes back and people hate him but remember him foundly.
A settler in Sanctuary told me they had been bothered by these raiders. Checked the map, and the raiders were on the other side of the map - and my closest fast travel spot was another of my settlements 40 meters away from the Raider camp. But theyd prefer to walk across Boston rather than attack 40 meters.