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[-] itrealgood@mander.xyz 18 points 16 hours ago

What does it mean to ratio someone

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago

what people haven't mentioned, I don't think, is the original intent of the phrase to "get ratio'd" was to have more people reply to your tweet than like it. As it's significantly more effort to write a reply than to hit like it usually indicated the person had said something foolish and people were rushing to correct them rather than simply like the tweet

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 51 points 16 hours ago

Get significantly more reaction/likes/upvotes to your reply than their original comment did.

Greater ratio of likes vs them.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 5 hours ago

Yes, but IMO the comments need to be at odds. I wouldn't consider your reply here a 'ratio'.

[-] binarytobis@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

My understanding is that it’s the original comment’s retweet/reply ratio. At least it used to be.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Originally, yes; but language evolves.

Additionally, some people will attempt to "ratio" a tweet themselves. This entails a person showing up under a disagreeable tweet and betting that their post will receive more favorable statistics than the original post.

[-] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

That's when the reply gets more updoots than the OP it replied to.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Popularity contest.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Twitter substitute for downvotes

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