{"id":"reply-girls","name":"Reply Girls","summary":"Reply Girls were female YouTubers in 2011 who piggybacked on trending videos by uploading reply clips with cleavage-forward thumbnails to farm views. The tactic worked well enough to trigger a months-long user revolt in early 2012, complete with petitions, boycott videos, browser scripts, and accusations of bot warfare against critics.","tags":["reply girls","meganleeheart","thereplygirl","youtube spam","tittiepocalypse","alejandra gaitan"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":5,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/reply-girls/reply-girls-reply-girls-caricature.webp","caption":"The iconic caricature used as the header image for the Reply Girls entry, parodying the exaggerated cleavage-focused YouTube reply video thumbnails of the era.","width":680,"height":502,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/reply-girls/reply-girls-reply-girl-search-results.webp","caption":"A 2012 YouTube search result showing multiple Reply Girl videos in a row, each using the same cleavage thumbnail with attention-grabbing text overlays to game YouTube's related-video algorithm.","width":577,"height":403,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/reply-girls/reply-girls-cleavage-rage-reaction.webp","caption":"A reaction-image protest against Reply Girls, juxtaposing spammy cleavage-thumbnail Guild Wars 2 response videos with a rage-comic face voicing viewer frustration.","width":651,"height":481,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/reply-girls/reply-girls-paypal-viral-views-receipt.webp","caption":"A leaked PayPal receipt cited as evidence that some Reply Girls purchased inflated view counts, part of the wider controversy over gaming YouTube's algorithm.","width":680,"height":618,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/reply-girls/reply-girls-anti-replygirls-petition.webp","caption":"A Change.org petition organized during the Anti-ReplyGirls backlash, calling on Google and YouTube to give users tools to fight misleading thumbnails and video spam.","width":680,"height":424,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/reply-girls/history.md","related":["actually-happened-fake-animated-stories","calling-kobe-bryant-at-3am","best-of-zach","conspiracy-theories-with-shane-dawson","ben-shapiro-destroys-liberals","johny-johny-yes-papa","97-year-old-nyc-diner-still-serves-their-coke-the-old-fashioned-way","engagement-bait","spider-man-and-elsa-videos-elsagate","the-tesla-cybertruck-is-an-all-electric-battery-powered-light-duty-truck-unveiled-by-tesla-inc","as-an-ai-language-model","jiafei"],"popularityRank":3712,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}