Shame Bait 

The social media practice of trying to shame them for not liking or sharing the content

Shame Bait Examples:

-Jesus is Lord! I bet you nobody will share this on their timeline!
-This poor dog is lonely, I hope she can get just one share.

Shame Bait by Dr. Bensalot April 10, 2020

sharebait 

Any post on a social networking site (typically a puzzle, optical illusion, political question, inspirational story, etc.), that asks for the user to share it with friends on the site, with the supposed objective of getting as much exposure or attention as possible. Similar to the "you will die if you do not repost this comment x number of times" posts also seen frequently on social networks.

"Peggy, stop sharing every piece of sob-story sharebait you see on Facebook. It's fake and it's been circulating for years."

sharebait by Malithrax August 27, 2012

Shamebail 

When you do something so embarrassing at a party that you discreetly leave before anyone notices.

"Dude we totally wrecked that girl last night"

"I know."

"Where is she, anyways?"

"I don't know. I think she shamebailed before any of us woke up."

Shamebail by jibberjabberjihad December 19, 2012

shamebaiting

The act of stating or doing something in the hopes that it will bring shame or mockery from others, especially from friends or otherwise close companions.

Shamebaiting is a word that roots from the term ragebaiting, where ragebaiting is intended to bait one into anger, shamebaiting is intended to bait one into disappointment.

One can shamebait by attempting to get into a community specific hall of shame, and thus getting called out for doing so.

John is absolutely shamebaiting us dude, like come on, "I guess I deserve punishments", like really?

shamebaiting by real_darkwing April 5, 2026