Sarah Perez πMastodon tackles the problem of βreply guysβ with its latest feature: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/22/mastodon-tackles-the-problem-of-reply-guys-with-its-latest-feature/
Lazarou Monkey Terror πππ@Sarahp big difference from Twitter, who would monetise the Reply Guys and then force them into your feed, then if you complain, the website owner will sue you.
Dr Ro Smith@Sarahp Jesus, that is not going to help.
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Matti JΓ€rvinen@Sarahp Awesome!
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@Sarahp Nice to see they are attempting to fix the problem.
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Steven Zekowski@Sarahp
Isnβt just ignoring replies a good strategy? It seems that would take away their power. I ignore the occasional reply that seems intent on goading me into an argument. Sometimes it takes substantial willpower but itβs better than the slippery slope of trying to get in βthe last wordβ.
Isnβt just ignoring replies a good strategy? It seems that would take away their power. I ignore the occasional reply that seems intent on goading me into an argument. Sometimes it takes substantial willpower but itβs better than the slippery slope of trying to get in βthe last wordβ.
Daniel Waechter@steve_zeke @Sarahp So your solution is... no solution? If "just ignore them" worked, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Open yourself up to some empathy and realize that it's not a viable strategy for everyone, especially when it's constant and endemic to social media platforms. "Reply guys" are a problem for any community that aims to be welcoming to women (or anyone else).
Acetopheles@danielwaechter @steve_zeke @Sarahp the solution is people act more like adults rather than put in tools that create unpleasantness and elitism that will put people off of the site entirely
Muting and blocking is always an option when you do not want to have discussions with somebody and it always will be.
Everyone has self control, yet what's staggering is the amount of people pretending we don't.
Phil Rees@steve_zeke @Sarahp Ignoring replies is an excellent strategy. Many reply guys are narcissists. Letting them have the last word is a great way of ending a conversation that for them is only a mechanism for stroking their ego at your expense.
I really had my eyes opened by Doctor Ramani's videos. Now I waste far less time on conversations that can never be productive.
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Martha@Sarahp
This sounds like a good start. I haven't had this problem (yet) on Mastodon, but am regularly getting guys telling me they like my style, smile whatever... and would I please follow them.
This sounds like a good start. I haven't had this problem (yet) on Mastodon, but am regularly getting guys telling me they like my style, smile whatever... and would I please follow them.
FinchHaven sfbaI follow #Mastodon quite closely on #Github
That said, on mastodon - mastodon-android I can find no mention of this in either Issues (open or closed) or Pull Requests (open or closed) using any search modifiers I can quickly think of - given the time I'm willing to waste looking
And there don't seem to be any mastodon-android Discussions
Wonder if this is another feature that @Gargron has decided on without any extensive input
Here, have a look: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/issues
Also, from elsewhere, earlier:
Oh good!
The #TwitterNanny comes to #Mastodon
Been wondering how long it was going to take before @Gargron got around to doing something important
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@Sarahp Great start! 
Hopefully we get to see more small improvement towards something akin to a #QualityFilter which I'm sure content creators with large followings will benefit from.
Hopefully we get to see more small improvement towards something akin to a #QualityFilter which I'm sure content creators with large followings will benefit from.
kolya@Sarahp I remember when XKCD had the bright idea to read the comment back to the poster before posting it on youtube, in order to tackle all the bullshit there. And Google actually implemented it. And it did nothing. π
Luka Rubinjoni@Sarahp Just updated the mastodon app, so I'm replyguying to see if there's any difference...
@Sarahp No observable difference. The client hasn't prompted anything before posting my (guy) reply. (version 2.2.1)
Metron@rubinjoni @Sarahp I believe the most current version is 2.2.3, and a side note, the new feature was presented when I replied here.
@rubinjoni itβs only on android right now fwiw. ios soon
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JiΕΓ Fiala Total Landscaping@Sarahp Oh nooo π
Pablo Rrrrrrr@Sarahp Does it involve a mild electric shock and if not why not?
MeKobi@Sarahp it already worked for this post for me :-)
Daniele@Sarahp I love the 3 months old post feature. I suck at looking at dates and tend to make this mistake all the time β₯
ladyteruki@fourlastor @Sarahp : how is it a mistake to reply to something "old" ? If your reply is relevant to the topic then I see it as an opportunity to carry the conversation further. If it took 4 months for a toot to travel to you, why shut down or at least discourage interacting with it ?
@ladyteruki @Sarahp a mistake as in, I rarely notice it's old, and am convinced it happened today until @seb makes me notice otherwise
Nona #DarkGranny
I moved to Mastodon.socialBut if I didn't have those guys to explain the law to me, how would I manage? π
synlogic@Sarahp males get "reply guys" too. problem not limited to females. plus the gender on both sides is irrelevent
CHZK@Sarahp Heck yeah, because what I need more of with my online experience is pop-ups that I need to click away before I can do something π₯³
Adam Bishop@Sarahp Is Mastodon a company or an org? ...
@AdamBishop @Sarahp non-profit LLC
@Sarahp Thanks! πHmm, so a bit of both? ... π€ ... I guess, to my ear, calling it a non-profit makes it sound like an org, or a kind of foundation or charity, that makes do with the money it receives, and calling it a company makes it sound more like Twitter or Facebook, or a rival to Bluesky, that continually has to make money to survive .. π€
mmu_man@Sarahp feat. @georgetakei π
enmodo βοΈ π§¬ πΊπ¦ π@Sarahp Reply Guys sounds like a band name. I think we can all guess what their songs would be about.
NKT@Sarahp too many people replying on Mastadon? Are we sure this is a thing?
Evan Prodromou@Sarahp this is great news. ππΌππΌππΌππΌππΌ Bravo @MastodonEngineering
@Sarahp not replying