chat bait

When a streamer does something in hopes of getting a reaction out of chat

Streamer: 'accidentally' talks while mic is muted

Chat: MUTED

Wise Man: chat bait

by HAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHA August 2, 2020

Tag Baiting

When using a social media platform in which hashtags sort posts, such as Instagram, a person adds hashtags that are unrelated. Often for the sake of reaching a wider audience.
This in consequence renders the hashtag sorting system useless.

“Stop Tag baiting, this post is about how to change a tire, why did I find it in #cooking?”

by RougeBerry December 12, 2022

trick bait

Suggestive messages that would incline a man, especially a potential sugar daddy, to offer money...

“I told him I needed my hair done he gave me $160, he fell for the trick bait”

by YourMom817 November 4, 2019

Red-bait

Also known as Reductio ad Stalinum, Reductio ad Marxisum, Reductio ad Chomskynum, Reductio ad Bakunum/Reductio ad Bakuninum, Reductio ad Libertarianum, Reductio ad Leninum, or Red-tag, is a logical fallacy (part of ad hominem) when someone dismiss speaker's argument by accusing them as a leftist

A: You're fascist <=A is deliberately doing reductio ad Hitlerum by accusing B as a fascist
B: STFU you leftist liberal special snowflake <= B is deliberately doing red-bait fallacy by name-calling A as leftist liberal special snowflake

by Sir. B February 16, 2021

hate-bait

When someone posts something online(usually a video or comment), for the sole purpose of getting hate comments/interactions. The same way clickbait is purposely outlandish and misleading so people click on it, hate-bait is usually ridiculous or hateful so people react to it.

Jasper: “Did she really just say that?”
Henry: “Nah, bro that’s just hate-bait, ignore it.”

by DeeDeeDuzIt March 6, 2022

bait-match

A "wrestling" match that the WWE uses to get people to watch their shows.

The Cena/K-Fed match on New Year's Day 2007 was a bait-match! What shit!

by Jon Ace January 3, 2007

Sympathy Baiting

Also known as sb or sympathy begging, sympathy baiting is a form of attention seeking in which a person or a group of people openly share something that could be considered sad in order to gain sympathy. A sympathy baiter does this on several questions. Sympathy baiting appears most on social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Skype.

Person 1: I feel so sorry for Ian!
Person 2: Why? Ian is just a sympathy baiting.

by St. Joshua April 18, 2015