Coal bait is when an individual makes a coal post on the internet, especially on twitter, that is meant to bait other users into interacting with the post and increasing their profile's exposure.
"This libtard on my for you page is always posting dumb arguments and it's triggering me into quote tweeting and debating them."
"Dude, you should know better than to interact with coal bait."
Purposefully designed outlets of expression (written, verbal, video/photo, etc) used to outrage as many people as possible to generate attention and negative reactions.
News outlets like Fox News often ragebait to get more viewers.
A rage bait artist is an individual whose entire online presence/personality is defined mostly by their topics or demeanor in which they incite rage by using intentionally provocative wording that is meant to further antagonize through manipulation tactics such as cherry-picking, red herring, or otherwise disingenuous logical fallacies meant to paint a particular narrative rather than the more complex truth.
"Did you see that video of a guy belittling sports he disagreed with? Another rage baitartist pushing for reactions he likes"
1.Another way of saying queer bait, mostly on scoial platforms to avoid being banned
2. Another way to say queer bait but to do it in a way the other person may not understand so they have to look it up on urban dictionary making the burn that much worse