A form of baiting where the "interview" is a trap, not a conversation. The Interviewbaiter approaches targets on social media platforms—often through DMs, comment threads, or public posts—posing as genuinely curious, interested in dialogue, or seeking to understand "the other side." But the goal isn't understanding; it's generating content. Every response is screenshotted, clipped, highlighted, and stripped of context for public consumption. The interview is a fishing expedition, and the catch is material for cancellation, mockery, or Guiltbait. The Interviewbaiter often leads with soft questions to lower defenses, then pivots to gotchas, knowing that anything the target says can and will be used against them. It's not journalism; it's predation with a microphone.
"Someone DMed me saying they were 'genuinely curious' about my spiritual beliefs. We talked for an hour. Next day, clips were everywhere: 'Watch this delusional person explain their nonsense.' That's Interviewbait—curiosity as cover, conversation as content farm, me as the mark."
by Abzugal February 24, 2026
Get the Interviewbait mug.A specific instance of Interviewbait—a post that shares the fruits of a bad-faith interview, typically screenshots, clips, or highlights edited to maximize damage. The Interviewpost rarely includes full context, the interviewer's leading questions, or the target's clarifications. Instead, it presents selected moments designed to make the target look foolish, extreme, dangerous, or delusional. The caption frames the target as already guilty, the interview as an exposé, the poster as a hero for "documenting" this person. Interviewposts are common in call-out culture, where they serve as evidence in trials conducted by social media mobs. The interview itself was the investigation; the Interviewpost is the indictment.
"They posted an Interviewpost with my face and the caption: 'Listen to this person explain why they think consciousness survives death.' Just my words, none of the context, none of their manipulative questions, none of my attempts at nuance. I looked crazy. That's Interviewpost—my conversation, your conviction."
by Abzugal February 24, 2026
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I mean, it's not a real interview. 2. I like to throw in some murder threats and/or assertions about how much better looking and more intelligent and important I am than the people listening.
Hym "Not a real interview. I don't really appreciate the way in which I'm being interviewed and because of the manner in which I am being interviewed it's likely necessary to make the piece fit through editing. Because you're not actually talking to me directly but rather posing some conceptually adjacent scenario at which point I respond with whatever I have regarding my thing. It's an entire cluster fuck. Not clear what's being conveyed from moment to moment."
by Hym Iam June 27, 2025
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Mark Zuckerberg: Oh there's no need, we already have everything ;)
Person: wait, what?
Mark Zuckerberg: what?
Mark Zuckerberg: Oh there's no need, we already have everything ;)
Person: wait, what?
Mark Zuckerberg: what?
by Soupisbeingcrafted September 16, 2019
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noun
1. when a man's girlfriend treats him like a piece of meat.
2. a man who is training to become a simp would be enrolled in a "meat internship".
3. a simp in development is a meat intern.
4. a simp in the making is a meat intern.
5. a meat internship is the first processes in becoming a simp.
noun
1. when a man's girlfriend treats him like a piece of meat.
2. a man who is training to become a simp would be enrolled in a "meat internship".
3. a simp in development is a meat intern.
4. a simp in the making is a meat intern.
5. a meat internship is the first processes in becoming a simp.
•wyatt puts himself in a subservient/submissive position under women in hopes of winning them over, wyatt has begun his meat internship.
•wyatt puts too much value on a female for no reason, wyatt is a meat intern.
•wyatt prides himself with "Chivalry" in hopes of getting sexual gratification form women . wyatt's friends say he is enrolled in a meat internship and on his way in becoming a simp.
•A "Yes Dear, Man" Simp is enrolled in a meat internship.
•wyatt puts too much value on a female for no reason, wyatt is a meat intern.
•wyatt prides himself with "Chivalry" in hopes of getting sexual gratification form women . wyatt's friends say he is enrolled in a meat internship and on his way in becoming a simp.
•A "Yes Dear, Man" Simp is enrolled in a meat internship.
by youtube AsV March 30, 2020
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by EaterOfTheEggs December 15, 2022
Get the Canadian intermission mug.Excuse me I have an exit interview to attend before lunch arrives.
I just had an excellent exit interview with last night's hot wings.
I have an exit interview scheduled at 1130 so I'll be busy until closer to noon.
Oh my gawd, someone took their exit interview right in front of the school flag.
I just had an excellent exit interview with last night's hot wings.
I have an exit interview scheduled at 1130 so I'll be busy until closer to noon.
Oh my gawd, someone took their exit interview right in front of the school flag.
by Maj-K June 18, 2023
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