I was reading in the comments of this question: If downvoting is so important, why does it cost reputation?, and came across the term 'signal-to-unicorn ratio' and I have been unable to find out what it means.
Can anyone explain it?
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It's just a play on the common term signal-to-noise ratio, which here means the number of high quality posts vs. low quality/off-topic posts. Unicorns have many fans under developers (and rightfully so), but have been historically used to derail conversations on Stack Exchange sites, hence they are equated here with 'noise'.
answered Feb 12, 2019 at 17:46
