Reply guy

Reply guy is an internet slang term for someone who excessively responds to social media posts, often in an annoying, condescending, or overly familiar or flirtatious manner. Reply guys are often men, often with few followers of their own, and tend to respond to posts by celebrities, those with large follower bases, or women.[1][2][3] The phenomenon has been called an example of benevolent sexism.[4][5]

Origins

The term reply guy has been used with less negative connotations at least as far back as 2012, when a social media manager for the Applebee's restaurant chain became known as "Applebee's Reply Guy" on Facebook for regularly responding to comments left on the page. By 2015, term shifted more toward referring to someone whose posts were perceived as annoying, rude, or as mansplaining.[1][2]

Actions by social media platforms

In 2020, Twitter released a feature to allow users to limit who can reply to their tweets to only people who follow them, or to only people they mention in a tweet. This was described by Vox as motivated in part by a desire to reduce unpleasant interactions with reply guys.[6]

In 2023, an experimental feature was implemented in the Mastodon Android client to display a reminder when users compose a response to a stranger, or to a post that is over three months old. This was described by TechCrunch as an attempt to "tackl[e] ... the scourge of the 'reply guys'".[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "What Is A Reply Guy?". Dictionary.com. May 30, 2019. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Black, Chris (May 14, 2020). "The Reply Guys Are More Online Than Ever". GQ. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  3. ^ Gault, Matthew (June 17, 2022). "The Reply Guy From Hell". VICE. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Al-Sibai, Noor (July 28, 2018). "Meet the 'reply guys': Obnoxious Twitter trolls try to challenge prominent women — and fail miserably". Raw Story. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Bryan, Chloe (February 19, 2019). "The curse of the Twitter reply guy". Mashable. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  6. ^ Ghaffary, Shirin (August 11, 2020). "Twitter is finally helping people shut out "reply guys"". Vox. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  7. ^ Perez, Sarah (November 22, 2023). "Mastodon tackles the problem of 'reply guys' with its latest feature". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
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