Rage-Baiting

The cheap art of posting something deliberately infuriating to farm anger clicks and ad revenue from people who hate-read.

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Spider
03/16/2026

The act of lighting a match in a room full of gasoline and calling yourself a journalist when the room burns.

dappnerd
03/16/2026

The digital fishing technique where the bait is a bad take and the catch is every angry reply that boosts the algorithm.

mytee
03/16/2026

The ultimate grift: provoke anger, monetize the anger, then pretend you’re just “sparking conversation.”

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