Commentbait

A form of commentpost specifically designed to generate more comments—controversial opinions, inflammatory statements, deliberately ignorant questions, or "hot takes" crafted to provoke outrage and engagement. Commentbait is the engine of platform engagement metrics: the more comments, the more the algorithm promotes the post, the more comments it generates. Commentbaiters don't care what you say, as long as you say something. They're not trying to convince or communicate; they're trying to capture attention, generate metrics, and feed the machine. Every "unpopular opinion" thread, every "am I the only one who..." post, every deliberately wrong answer on a help forum—commentbait, all of it. The commentbaiter has learned that engagement is its own reward, and that the best way to get engagement is to make people angry enough to type.

Example: "The post was simple: 'The earth is actually flat and here's why.' No evidence, no argument, just a claim designed to trigger. And trigger it did—thousands of comments, millions of views, days of engagement. The poster never responded to any of it. They didn't need to. Commentbait had worked: the algorithm loved it, the platform promoted it, and the poster walked away with the only currency that matters—attention."

by Dumu The Void February 20, 2026

Commentators curse

When a commentator of a sport or other competitive event praises a team or player and then that team/player soon after has something bad happen to them (concede points, injury etc.)

Commentator: Team A is looking really good this half, Team B just can't break their defense.
*Team B immediately breaks the line of defense and scores*
Team A fan: God damn it, why did he have to apply the commentators curse?

by Inlaidflyer2 April 30, 2015

Comment Bait

Posting a status update on a social networking site that's specific to a certain person in hopes of enticing them to interact with you by leaving a comment. See also: Obsessive, Needy, Pathetic

Public knowledge: I love Elvis, donuts and extreme heat.

Comment Bait Ex. 1
Facebook Creeper's Status: "Who wants to join me for the TCM Elvis Movie Marathon this weekend?! :)" (Has only ever heard of 2 Elvis movies in his life.)

Comment Bait Ex. 2
Twitter Creeper's Status: "I've got a whole box of donuts all to myself - Yum! But I might be willing to share... ;)" (Doesn't even like donuts.)

Comment Bait Ex. 3
Myspace Creeper's Status: "It's 102 degrees out!! Let's go to the beach! :D" (Actually kind of hopes I won't comment on this one because he'd rather stab himself in the eye with a spork than go out in this sweltering heat.)

by Danie Sue November 30, 2011

commentvation

when two or more people have conversation on your status post, photo or anything commentable on facebook, whoever has commented then gets numerous notifications

Ben: I have loads of notifications, but none about me

Paul:Oh maybe someone's having a commentvation on your photo

by sawyersboy October 1, 2009

commentsations

When you and another person send comments back and forth on myspace making it into a conversation.

Me and Kaylee had some pretty sweet commentsations today.

by Andy White December 26, 2007

commentating

To comment in the middle of a conversation.

Michelle: So I went into Wal-Mart and there was a lady in her bikini buying her son a...

Hannah: If she had the audacity...

Michelle: Excuse me?

Hannah: Sorry I was just commentating.

by HannahJ9 August 13, 2012

food commentator

a person who feels the need to comment on every single fucking thing they eat. especially breakfast foods. it is like they are leaving verbal yelp reviews that nobody wants to fucking hear everytime they eat.

jillian: *goes to eat ihop with lindsay*
lindsay: " mmmm these pancakes are so good mmm yes yum"
jilllian: shut the fuck up

geez, carol is such a food commentator, I swear I can't make it through a single meal without her telling me how she feels about the food

by wafflewomen October 28, 2019