For the past few weeks I've been looking into the changing use of the word boi.
I was curious why a queer identity term kept showing up in Twitch chat.
But it was only after I found the Daily Stormer article that things really got dark.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/10/boi-meaning-queer-term-straight-meme.html … via @slate
I think what you're getting at is the AAVE pronounciation of boi, which you're right to think is the original use, never went away. The online written-only use was what I wrote about, and how it's evolved. But you're not wrong to highlight the continuity and consistency there.