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glowposting

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Derogatory internet slang, used mainly in far-right online spaces, for posting provocative or baiting statements while posing as an ordinary user, or for accusing another poster of being an undercover government agent doing so.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""Half that thread was accusations of glowposting.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionary lists the verb as formed from glow and -post, related to glowie and fedposting. Glowie itself is credited to programmer Terry A. Davis in a 2017 video and became popular on 4chan's /pol/ board around 2019.

FIRST SEEN

2019 (glowie popular on 4chan /pol/)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2019-present

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:Glowie Fedposting

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DOCUMENTED SINCE

2019 (glowie popular on 4chan /pol/)

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