I remember this girl recently came to a conference and asked me about masternodes. she knew I was a super nerd from the getgo, and def helped with my confidence.
Even called her out on the manipulation, it was cute, and she almost was on my level with it. She kept doing it though, with a bit more subtlety. What she didn't know was from the get go I was doing it too, but she denied it at first. Eventually we both fessed up to doing it to each other, unless it's a giant mindfuck and she secretly was better than me at it.