Getting harassed by an aggressive “independent researcher” demanding very specific citations and phrasing in my paper [D]

Hey Reddit, I’m a researcher in a niche theoretical CS/ML area. Recently I’ve been dealing with repeated emails from an “independent researcher” that feel like straight-up citation harassment. This person keeps sending follow-ups (including involving editors) insisting I add multiple citations to his arXi preprints. It’s not a normal “you should cite this” request - he provides exact suggested paragraphs with specific wording about how his papers are “complementary,” “parallel,” foundational to certain results, etc. He nitpicks my current related-work phrasing (e.g.