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[Mark Mandel]

Thanks, Garson & Chris. Obviously I'm not up on Twitter culture.

Mark Mandel


On Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 3:49 AM Chris Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:

> On 6/20/19 10:29 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
> > Headline from the Daily Kos:
> >
> > Liz Cheney calls Rep. Ocasio-Cortez anti-Semitic, gets historically
> ratioed
> > on Twitter
> >
> >
> https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/18/1865595/-Liz-Cheney-calls-Rep-Ocasio-Cortez-anti-Semitic-gets-historically-ratioed-on-Twitter
> >
> > It may refer to the ratio of tweets supporting Cheney's accusation to
> those
> > attacking it, but I haven't been able to find any explicit comparison in
> > the article, much less a definition or repetition of the usage.
>
> No, it's the ratio of replies to shares (retweets). Many replies = a lot
> of ridicule and objection. It's on many lists.
>
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/words-were-watching-ratio-ratioed-ratioing
>
>
>
> Chris
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