What Does This Mean?
On social media, a 'ratio' occurs when a reply to a post gets significantly more likes or engagement than the original post — widely interpreted as the community signaling that the reply is more correct or popular. Used as a verb: 'getting ratioed' means your take was publicly rejected.
EXPLAINER
Washington Post · original source ↗
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"She posted that pineapple belongs on pizza and got ratioed 10,000 to 200 within the hour."
LORE & ORIGIN
Born on Twitter around 2017 as users noticed that massively disliked posts often had replies that dwarfed the original in engagement. 'Ratio' became a self-contained threat ('ratio incoming') and a celebration ('he got ratioed into oblivion'), spreading to all platforms and eventually used as shorthand for any public rejection of an opinion.
MENTIONS OVER TIME
4 observed mentions from 4 distinct authors · XBRAINROT RADAR
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TOP PLATFORMS
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