What Does This Mean?

Troll Bait

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FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Social MediaCLUSTER: Trolling & Conflict

Content specifically crafted to attract trolls and provoke conflict, whether posted deliberately to bait them out or genuinely naively stumbling into the same effect.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"That opinion is pure troll bait, posted specifically to start a fight."

LORE & ORIGIN

Named once specific topics and phrasings became reliably predictable at drawing out trolling behavior, worth naming as their own recognizable category.

FIRST SEEN

2008

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

Not established

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Troll Feeding the Troll

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-EStroll bait →Français fr-FRtroll bait →日本語 ja-JPトロールベイト →한국어 ko-KR트롤 베이트 →Português pt-BRtroll bait →中文 zh-CN挑事诱饵 →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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RELATED TERMS

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2008

NOW

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TOP PLATFORMS

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