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topic adjacent

Something that relates only slightly to the matter or topic at hand; peripherally.
Bradley was talking about how El Niño always floods Los Angeles, then he immediately brought up how much of an idiot Donald Trump is. Because Trump was visiting Los Angeles at the time, Ian said that the segue was in fact topic adjacent.
by BabyFishMouth June 21, 2023
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True Adjusted Ratio

The ratio of upvotes awarded to a commenter compared to upvotes awarded to an original poster (OP) weighted for each user's follower count. TAR adjusts for engagement for both parties. True Adjusted Ratio is calculated as follows:

TAR = (Folₒₚ)/(Fol꜀) x (UV꜀)/(UVₒₚ), where a value >1 is considered a "W"

Strengths:
- TAR reflects the true impact of a comment in unbalanced interactions. Comments with fewer followers are augmented, further amplifying OP's humiliation.

- It is possible for a commenter with fewer followers than OP to have fewer upvotes than OP and still obtain a "W".

Limitations:
- True Adjusted Ratio assumes followers of each account are supportive. It does not take into account "hate-followers".
- TAR fails to take virality into account. A comment is more likely to receive engagement during the time when a post is most viral, after which engagement in both original post and comment deteriorate at different geometric rates.
- TAR calculation does not account for downvotes or tertiary responses. While TAR is a more accurate measure in social media spaces with upvote-only rating systems (e.g. Twitter), ratio calculations may be redundant in spaces which use an upvote/downvote system (e.g. Reddit). Tertiary reactions that are ambiguous (e.g. Facebook) are not factored into this calculation.
- "Premium account" algorithms (such as Elon Musk's blue-check model on Twitter) artificially alter views, skewing engagement in favor of paid subscribers.
True Adjusted Ratio: TAR
OP: Original Post
Folₒₚ: Followers of OP
UVₒₚ: Upvotes for OP
Fol꜀: Followers of commenter
UV꜀: Upvotes for commenter

If a user with 100 followers (Folₒₚ = 100) receives 40 upvotes (UVₒₚ = 40) and a comment from a user with 1000 followers (Fol꜀ = 1000) receives 50 upvotes (UV꜀ = 50), traditional calculation would consider OP "ratioed" using traditional calculation:

R = UV꜀/UVₒₚ = 50/40 = 1.25
R > 1, thus OP would be ratioed

However, since OP's follower count is 1/10th that of the commenter's, the True Adjusted Ratio (TAR) is calculated as follows:

TAR = (Folₒₚ)/(Fol꜀) x (UV꜀)/(UVₒₚ) = 100 / 1000 x 50 / 40 = 0.1 x 1.25 = 0.125,
TAR < 1, thus OP would not be ratioed.
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Twitter-adjacent

1. Any person who also uses twitter can be described as “twitter-adjacent” to you

2. Common language to describe your non affiliation with someone famous on social media

3. The relationship all of us elder millennials had with Tom on MySpace.
Example 1:

“Uh uh! Watch out that mf’er is crazy. Wait to he gets all obsessed with you cause you two are twitter-adjacent! “

Example 2:

Me: “Girl, i love Chris Lake! Like, i get turned on just being twitter-adjacent to him.”

Girl: ”You so crazy!
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drip-adjacent

a term to describe if something looks good on you
“those new balances aren’t drip-adjacent” or
“those ain’t adjacent to my drip
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Gay Adjacent

When people that are not LBGT use pronouns in their email signature.
Did you see Trevor's email signature? He is gay adjacent.
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Blonde Adjacent

A man who may or may not still be ✨blonde✨ but you can absolutely tell they were blonde as a child.

A synonym for Blonde-ish
“Don’t you usually go for blondes?” “Yeah but he’s blonde adjacent so it’s fine
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Lifestyle Adjacent

Is how a person or persons define themselves when they enjoy or practice everything about a certain lifestyle, except the main reason said lifestyle is created for or based on.
I really enjoy the openness, sexy atmosphere and free vibes hanging around swingers, yet I/we just don't partake in having sex with others. I/we consider ourselves Lifestyle Adjacent

I love the restaurants, the excitement, the sound and everything high end casinos offer, I just don't gamble. I am Lifestyle Adjacent.

The formula one circuit is amazing, the luxury, the mystery, the display of raw power, I just don't care about the races.
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