Post B2YPv05uNlRHNLPteC by Alex@boymilk.cafe
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(DIR) Post #B2YBf9dVjsi8yggSW0 by Nickiquote@mstdn.social
2026-01-22T17:30:49Z
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Possibly the most patronising reply I’ve ever received on here.Also, who put you in charge of deciding what boosts are *for*? It flatly contradicts what most people think and do on here, including me. You are no longer the algorithm, my friends: Boost softly because you boost on my dreams.
(DIR) Post #B2YPSZ6J9NDNY32p0K by Alex@boymilk.cafe
2026-01-22T20:22:41.025462Z
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imagine thinking hashtags actually do anything of value on fedi lmao
(DIR) Post #B2YPv05uNlRHNLPteC by Alex@boymilk.cafe
2026-01-22T20:27:49.623329Z
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i made a shitpost about hashtags and just got reblogged by a bot that reblogs people who use certain hashtags to make them more visible to their community. I had no idea that kind of thing existed but I think the fact that it exists and that I ended up finding one simply by randomly making a hashtag themed shitpost says more about this hashtag vs reblog argument than words could possibly say.
(DIR) Post #B2ZWCNKG3UP7ETkyLQ by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-23T09:12:15Z
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@Nickiquote Wow. Should we all donate so that person can finally buy a clue?
(DIR) Post #B2ZYHXPoAb3bsfwTmi by MamaLake@beige.party
2026-01-23T09:35:33Z
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@aral @Nickiquote clues are naturally occurring and can't be bought, though they can be traded...
(DIR) Post #B2cGPVif8xyFElIE9w by afewbugs@social.coop
2026-01-22T18:03:22Z
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@Nickiquote congratulations on bumping my previous winner of worst take on Mastodon off the top spot, which was "You shouldn't follow anyone with a higher number of 'posts and replies' than 'posts' because they must be a reply guy"
(DIR) Post #B2cGPWhHVaSaGlede4 by blueorangeblue@c.im
2026-01-22T18:12:47Z
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@afewbugs @Nickiquote I've been here for years but I'm still not really sure what a reply guy is.
(DIR) Post #B2cGPXrx9Oafu9efuy by Nickiquote@mstdn.social
2026-01-22T18:14:34Z
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@blueorangeblue @afewbugs I think there’s a reply guy threshold much like the old alcoholic threshold: “a guy who replies more than me”.
(DIR) Post #B2cGRr6magQA9Yh2O0 by blueorangeblue@c.im
2026-01-22T18:18:35Z
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@Nickiquote @afewbugs is it one of those "if you don't know who in the room is the reply guy it's you" things or am I still not getting it
(DIR) Post #B2cGRsEyNiZBfFX5n6 by afewbugs@social.coop
2026-01-22T18:24:09Z
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@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote I think it's not about how much you reply but how you reply. Having a normal conversation by means of replies in a thread doesn't make you a reply guy. Replying "This post has nothing to do with me but let me tell you in exhaustive detail how in my opinion, which is of course the only correct opinion, you are doing computers/activism/cycling/life completely wrong" when you just posted about your cat does
(DIR) Post #B2cGRsp8DHURTORy9Q by afewbugs@social.coop
2026-01-22T18:28:45Z
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@blueorangeblue @Nickiquote Reply guys are not exclusively male, in my experience the ones telling you you are Doing Computers Wrong tend to be but the ones telling you you are feeding your cat wrong tend to be female
(DIR) Post #B2cHEYrzBr13mCzrbU by nicholas@aklp.club
2026-01-24T17:09:20.702219Z
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The phenomenon began with 'hate followers' that would follow people just to dunk on them every post. They would target popular accounts, and use the polarizing reply on their targets' posts to try to boost their own notoriety. Instead of engaging with them directly, and thus raising their profile even higher, the targets would dismiss them as 'reply guys'. However, over time definition creep has expanded the common usage to 'anyone who disagrees with me in replies' or in some cases 'anyone I wasn't expecting to reply to me'.