this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2026
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Murdered by Words

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Responses that completely destroy the original argument in a way that leaves little to no room for reply - a targeted, well-placed response to another person, organization, or group of people.

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 50 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Get significantly more reaction/likes/upvotes to your reply than their original comment did.

Greater ratio of likes vs them.

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My understanding is that it’s the original comment’s retweet/reply ratio. At least it used to be.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Originally, yes; but language evolves.

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.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

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