APROPOS OF EVERYTHING
am seeing an uptick of #ReplyGuys parachuting on my mentions to “oh, it’s just trolls” this or “it’s just bots” that.
makes me wanna go all chicken cobra on their asses honking WHOSE BOTS?
replyguys
Okay, apparently I didn't bookmark the response, so it's lost in a sea of mentions, but... this 💯 this.
Thanks to whoever sent it to me.
Typically now, when I write a post that I think might attract a wider audience than my usual Fedi friends, I've taken to preempting all the standard misinterpretations or reply guy responses I expect might come up. Then I often categorize the new ones that inevitably pop into my mentions and make a follow-up post covering any I see repeatedly. Still I get messages from folks that obviously haven't read the replies (or even my full original post) before jumping in to `well actually` me. I used to reply to these criticisms in good faith—often to the point of absurdity—and sometimes I still do, but I've largely started just linking back to previous times I've rebutted their arguments or blocking them because (much like the video said) their arguments aren't in good faith, and there's more of them then there are of me.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BFSe5-i1LoU&pp=
#ReplyGuys and #Sealions
#WhateverHappenedTo: #vmst.io... Let's #CompareAndContrast...
#OhYeah...
• #ShadowBan(s);
• #ReplyGuys;
• #Fakebook / #RedditPosts #CopyPasta;
• #TheLoss of over 50% of #ITs #ActiveMembers;
• #SubstandardDaryls; and,
• #EMailScammers...
#TrueStory... #StillTrue™️
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I have been guysplained to more times for this one post than in my whole previous history on Fedi.
If you're mad about "y'all", you missed the point of the post.
If you're looking up the etymology of "guy", you missed the point of the post.
If you're telling me that *you* don't think "guys" is a gendered term, you missed the point of the post.
If you're saying "dude, it's just a word", you're kind of a dick.
If you're thinking that "maybe `cisheteronormative white man` shouldn't be the default assumption just because they hold a disproportionate share of power and oppressors often influence language so as to make it seem like their way is the only sane way", then...damn, you *were* paying attention!
If you're like "omg, so much this", omg, ikr?? 🫂🫂
If you're typing out "I'll try to do better", thank you, that's all we ask 💝