The act of debating social issues on a Facebook thread. A pointlessexercise where parties post their viewpoints in an attempt to convince readers and other parties that their views are correct
"He posted a joke about the Arizona immigration law and then a 100 post FaBate broke out."
This is an acronym for "fuck you, answer the question". Useful for friends/relatives who persistently give smart-ass answers to questions that you actually want the answer to.
Real example:
"What's the news?" (regarding the recent birth of a son)
"Tiger Woods was injured in a car accident"
"fyatq"