This morning while walking to work I had a thought: is it possible that the reason why the perception of the #replyGuy problem being worse on #Mastodon (and the #Fediverse in general) is due to sheer (lack of) numbers?

So I came up with a simplified model to check if this was indeed sufficient to explain the phenomenon.

Let's assume that, similarly to Mario Cipolla's Basic Laws of Human Stupidity, the fraction of reply guys in a population is a given constant ρ.

1/n

#maths

being a #replyguy should be a reportable offense.

#fediverse

Can you be a 'reply guy' if you're only guy-ish? In any case, I think I may have borderline reply guy disorder with latent boost goose tendancies* and I hope you folx (along with therapy and medication) will help keep me honest.

*self-diagnosed

#borderline #replyguy #disorder #BRGD