Serverpot
A form of honeypot on the internet—a server, community, or group deliberately created to attract, trap, and harm specific users or types of users. Serverpots can be classical honeypots (designed to catch rule-breakers, trolls, or malicious actors) or trolling honeypots (designed to bait and humiliate targets for entertainment), or often both. A serverpot might present itself as a safe space for a particular group, only to document, expose, and attack those who join. It might pose as a political discussion forum, only to doxx participants. It might appear as a support group, only to mock and traumatize vulnerable members. Serverpots are the dark side of online community-building—spaces created not for connection but for capture.
EServerpot xample: "She joined what seemed like a supportive mental health server. Within days, her private messages were screenshotted and shared, her vulnerabilities mocked, her identity nearly exposed. The serverpot had done its work: attract the vulnerable, then destroy them for entertainment. She left, traumatized, and the server moved on to its next target."
Serverpot by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 18, 2026
