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feral-toes on scored.co
3 months ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)1 child
Not an X-pert, but I think the idea flows from X not having down votes. You cannot compare the up votes (the heart symbol) to the down votes like you would on other sites.
As a work around, people noticed that when some-one strongly agrees they "retweet" (the up and down arrows in a loop) but when they strongly disagree they write a rebuttal tweet, (the speech bubble symbol). Thus the ratio of replies to retweets serves as a rough measure of audience agreement.
If lots of people reply to your tweet (we presume they are replying to say that your tweet is wrong) and few people retweet (you tweet isn't getting spread) we say that the original tweet got "ratioed" and infer that it was disliked.
As a work around, people noticed that when some-one strongly agrees they "retweet" (the up and down arrows in a loop) but when they strongly disagree they write a rebuttal tweet, (the speech bubble symbol). Thus the ratio of replies to retweets serves as a rough measure of audience agreement.
If lots of people reply to your tweet (we presume they are replying to say that your tweet is wrong) and few people retweet (you tweet isn't getting spread) we say that the original tweet got "ratioed" and infer that it was disliked.
Much like the 5 star "GOOD PRODUCT SAAAAAR FOR FUCK MOTHER!!!" reviews on Steam, Amazon, Yelp, Rotten Tomatoes, etc....