Citations:ratio

English citations of ratio

Verb: "(Internet slang) to respond to a post or message on social media in a greater number than the number of likes the post receives"

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• 2019, Henry Chisholm, "'Who Cares? It's women's hoops'", Montana Kaimin (The University of Montana), 30 January 2019 - 5 February 2019, page 29:

  It used to be fun to watch tweets like that get ratioed back into their ugly corner of the internet.

• 2019, Xaivier Sanchez, "Baby or baseball?", The Lorian (Loras College), 17 October 2019, page 11:

  He was immediately ripped to shreds on the internet by falling victim to being “ratioed” by other Twitter users.

• 2019, Tommy Mozier, "Richard Burr Wants More Taxes?", The Appalachian (Appalachian State University), 8 November 2019, page 8:

  His tweet was deliciously ratioed; people commenting criticism far outnumbered those who simply liked or retweeted.

• 2020, John Aloszka, "Curry's Twitter Mentions And Public Opinion Converged. It's A Mess", Folio, 16 September 2020, page 19:

  A quick analysis finds that he often gets ratioed, meaning more people reply negatively to his tweets more than they retweet or favorite them.

• 2021, Leigh Tauss, "Ghost Roast", INDY Week, 27 January 2021, page 4:

  And, just FYI, here's how brutally the public ratioed that tweet.

• 2021, Asaf Shalev, "Ben & Jerry's stop using social media. Is pro-Palestinian harassment the reason?", CT Jewish Ledger, 26 June 2021, page 11:

  In other words, Ben & Jerry's was being repeatedly ratioed, which is internet slang for when replies to a post, typically negative, vastly outnumber "likes."

• 2021, @suburbanpoet, "Ratio or be Ratioed: Reluctant notes on Twitter", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Week 4, Semester 2 (2021), page 16:

  It is essential that you ratio anyone who comes for your honour.