reality content

User-generated "reality TV" that presents a situation as unscripted and authentic, usually where the videographer just "happens" to be recording and captures some spontaneous event.

"Wasn't that video I sent you crazy!?"
"It would be if it wasn't reality content. There's no way she got the camera out in time to film that."

reality content by rwspeight February 5, 2026

Triggerbait (Content Making)

A content strategy that deliberately invokes sensitive topics—trauma, identity, politics, abuse—to provoke visceral emotional responses and maximize engagement. Unlike reactionbait, which often aims for general shock, triggerbait targets specific psychological vulnerabilities. Creators may feign trauma, mock genuine suffering, or create content designed to “trigger” certain communities (e.g., making light of sexual assault, mocking mental health struggles, trivializing historical atrocities). The goal is to ignite controversy that drives algorithmic amplification. Triggerbait exploits the fact that outrage and pain travel faster than thoughtful content, treating real human suffering as fuel for metrics.

Triggerbait (Content Making) Example: “The video was titled ‘Why victims are just too sensitive.’ It had no argument, just provocative statements designed to make trauma survivors flood the comments. Textbook triggerbait: using others’ pain for views.”

Triggerbait (Content Making) by Dumu The Void March 28, 2026

Reactionbait (Content Making)

A content creation strategy where the primary goal is not to inform, entertain, or educate in a substantive way, but to provoke intense emotional reactions—outrage, confusion, disgust, mockery—from viewers. Reactionbait creators deliberately stage absurd, dangerous, or deeply unsettling scenarios: making BBQ inside a car, pretending to be so impoverished they cook on a clothes iron, or engaging in performative acts of ignorance. The content is engineered to go viral through shares driven by “can you believe this?” reactions. The creator’s real product is not the video’s surface content but the audience’s fury, which generates engagement metrics. Reactionbait exploits the attention economy by turning shock into currency.

Reactionbait (Content Making) Example: “He watched a video of a man ironing cheese onto a shirt and calling it ‘poverty meal prep.’ It was pure reactionbait—designed not to document anything real, but to make viewers rage‑share.”

Reactionbait (Content Making) by Dumu The Void March 28, 2026

Quality cat content 

Pictures and videos of cats doing cute or funny things

Jane: Did you see John’s instagram lately? A lot of quality cat content!
Stacy: No, gotta scope it!

Quality cat content by raspberrylimestevie March 19, 2020

Urban Dictionary's content guidelines 

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All the definitions on Urban Dictionary were written by people just like you.

Please review Urban Dictionary's content guidelines before writing a definition.

Urban Dictionary's content guidelines by UrbanDictionaryOwl September 14, 2020

Urban Dictionary's content guidlines 

Policy of the Urban Dictionary

Please show me the Urban Dictionary's content guidlines.

Urban Dictionary's content guidlines by whateverisyounamecalled November 3, 2022

Pseudo Deep Content 

Content that has no substance, is fake or not original but is passed off as “deep” and “real”

Dinner for Few and Are You Lost in The World Like Me are both Pseudo Deep Content

Pseudo Deep Content by ToxicDonut November 12, 2022