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Crispin Blunt

Post by Stranger Mouse » Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:19 pm

I’ve decided I should be on the pardon list if that’s still in the works

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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by Stranger Mouse » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:08 pm

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Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:19 pm
Defends convicted sex offender

https://www.blunt4reigate.com/news/stat ... ad-khan-mp
This tweet is being ratiod like no tweet since the Big Bang. It’s incredible.

https://twitter.com/crispinblunt/status ... OetRR4qDDA

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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by El Pollo Diablo » Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:54 am

It's now been deleted. What did it say?
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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by Grumble » Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:59 am

El Pollo Diablo wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:54 am
It's now been deleted. What did it say?
Said that there had been a gross miscarriage of justice and it was anti-gay prejudice
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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by jimbob » Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:28 am

El Pollo Diablo wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:54 am
It's now been deleted. What did it say?
Screenshot in a reply to @deletedbyMPs

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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by Stranger Mouse » Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:23 pm

The ratio was quite incredible. This was it after around 70 minutes but I understand it went up to at least 30000 plus quote tweets and bugger all likes

https://twitter.com/badsciencemonk/stat ... Wg_uGMOuMw
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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by Grumble » Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:11 pm

Stranger Mouse wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:23 pm
The ratio was quite incredible. This was it after around 70 minutes but I understand it went up to at least 30000 plus quote tweets and bugger all likes

https://twitter.com/badsciencemonk/stat ... Wg_uGMOuMw
Oh, that’s what ratioed means. Lightbulb.
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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by basementer » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:36 pm

Grumble wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:11 pm
Stranger Mouse wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:23 pm
The ratio was quite incredible. This was it after around 70 minutes but I understand it went up to at least 30000 plus quote tweets and bugger all likes

https://twitter.com/badsciencemonk/stat ... Wg_uGMOuMw
Oh, that’s what ratioed means. Lightbulb.
I assumed that it was a mistype, but it looks as though it was a shibboleth.
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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by jimbob » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:43 pm

basementer wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:36 pm
Grumble wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:11 pm
Stranger Mouse wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:23 pm
The ratio was quite incredible. This was it after around 70 minutes but I understand it went up to at least 30000 plus quote tweets and bugger all likes

https://twitter.com/badsciencemonk/stat ... Wg_uGMOuMw
Oh, that’s what ratioed means. Lightbulb.
I assumed that it was a mistype, but it looks as though it was a shibboleth.
Talking about shibboleths - I was listening to the World Service or Radio 4 a few days ago and apparently the Ukrainians were asking suspicious people to tell them some particular words that Russians struggle with
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation

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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by Stephanie » Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:32 pm

Grumble wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:11 pm
Stranger Mouse wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:23 pm
The ratio was quite incredible. This was it after around 70 minutes but I understand it went up to at least 30000 plus quote tweets and bugger all likes

https://twitter.com/badsciencemonk/stat ... Wg_uGMOuMw
Oh, that’s what ratioed means. Lightbulb.
It came about from the idea that a tweet was bad if it got more replies than likes and retweets, and extended also to quote tweet dunking.

You can also ratio someone if your reply calling them out gets more likes than their tweet.
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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by Bird on a Fire » Wed Apr 13, 2022 6:45 pm

Stephanie wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:32 pm
Grumble wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:11 pm
Stranger Mouse wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:23 pm
The ratio was quite incredible. This was it after around 70 minutes but I understand it went up to at least 30000 plus quote tweets and bugger all likes

https://twitter.com/badsciencemonk/stat ... Wg_uGMOuMw
Oh, that’s what ratioed means. Lightbulb.
It came about from the idea that a tweet was bad if it got more replies than likes and retweets, and extended also to quote tweet dunking.

You can also ratio someone if your reply calling them out gets more likes than their tweet.
What's a good ratio?

I did a tweet version of a conference presentation earlier that's on like 12 RTs and 25 ❤️s. (I know the absolute numbers are small, but it was a pretty niche thread!)

But the only comments have been nice ones, it's not a bunch of "get a load of this silly tw.t BoaF" like I get round here.
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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by Stephanie » Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:28 am

Generally, lots of RTs and nice replies. There's also the coward's ratio, which is significantly more likes to retweets, although now that tweets get randomly pushed into timelines (on Home) people may know of your coward like anyway.

Your conference tweet may be a case of "doing numbers", which is when your tweet starts to pick up and go outside your immediate circle. This can be both good and bad, depending on the response (I am more towards the tendency that doing numbers is cursed, but then I don't tweet about conferences, so I get more weirdo replies).
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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by jimbob » Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:41 am

Stephanie wrote:
Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:28 am
Generally, lots of RTs and nice replies. There's also the coward's ratio, which is significantly more likes to retweets, although now that tweets get randomly pushed into timelines (on Home) people may know of your coward like anyway.

Your conference tweet may be a case of "doing numbers", which is when your tweet starts to pick up and go outside your immediate circle. This can be both good and bad, depending on the response (I am more towards the tendency that doing numbers is cursed, but then I don't tweet about conferences, so I get more weirdo replies).

So I have seen. Although being a woman probably increases that - as most weirdo repliers seem to be men replying to women.
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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by TimW » Thu Apr 14, 2022 11:47 am

jimbob wrote:
Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:43 pm
Talking about shibboleths - I was listening to the World Service or Radio 4 a few days ago and apparently the Ukrainians were asking suspicious people to tell them some particular words that Russians struggle with
On the other hand Russians would probably have no trouble at all with "Blrispin".

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Re: Crispin Blunt

Post by Stranger Mouse » Mon May 23, 2022 2:35 pm

Yesterday Blunt defends Khan again

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... 1653238743

Today

Imran Ahmad Khan sentenced to 18 months

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/imran-ahmad-khan-jailed/
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