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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 06:39:24 JST Evan Prodromou

   Interesting results. I think the affordances in the Fediverse that encourage engagement -- like a reverse-chronological inbox feed -- might also be involved in "reply guy" behaviour. I like the Mastodon app's way of trying to encourage engagement and disincent boorish responses.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 09:16:07 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Gabriele Pollara

     @gpollara I think when someone talks about reply guys, they talk about particular behaviour. For example: centring yourself, contradicting the original poster (especially if they know more than you), telling someone's joke back to them, low or no-content posts ("I don't know"). All worse if there is a power differential, e.g. op is a woman, BIPOC, or LGBTQ+ and replier is a cis het white man.

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     Gabriele Pollara (gpollara@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 09:16:08 JST Gabriele Pollara

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     @evan I have tbh. I don't really understand reply guy thing.

     Like your message that I'm responding to. I'm doing so because I'm interested in discussing a topic, but we don't officially know each other. Is that a bad thing?

     Surely if one posts something on an open social network, then they are seeking some level of engagement, otherwise what's the point?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 09:16:43 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • ipsquiggle

     @ipsquiggle https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/22/mastodon-tackles-the-problem-of-reply-guys-with-its-latest-feature/

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     ipsquiggle (ipsquiggle@sunny.garden)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 09:16:44 JST ipsquiggle

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     @evan What is "the Mastodon app's way of trying to encourage engagement and disincent boorish responses" exactly? I'm intrigued.