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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.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

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

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[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

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

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month 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

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[–] SockOlm@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

to get more likes, it originated with g*mers in the context of kills/deaths ratios or something like that

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