A post on a forum or image board used to deliberately provoke conflict among other posters. Coincides with troll, trolling, or shitposting. The gif below typifies the reaction of a successful shitposter.
Anon 1: "Why are these threads such shit?"
Anon 2: "Because they're full of bait posts that people should know not to fall for by now."
"Hey Tom, we're gonna need you to come in this weekend." "Really?" "Yeah. Also, the client moved the deadline from next month, to next Thursday..." "Okay...What in the absolute fuck?"
