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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
Related Words

Shareblogger 

An unpaid writer who "works" for Arianna Huffington but receives no compensation other than the opportunity to make Arianna Huffington richer.
Arianna built the Huffington Post on the back of her Sharebloggers and she still refuses to pay them for their work.
Shareblogger by Liberalchik March 21, 2011

sharebro 

an individual who appears on the "Friends' shared items" list on the service Google Reader
"One of my sharebros posted a hilarious comment on the YouTube video I shared on Google Reader."
sharebro by jeremiahjones June 21, 2009

shareback 

Shareback refers to sharing information or feedback with customers that they originally provided to a company.
We gathered a lot of negative feedback about our new product, so we decided to shareback the problems we heard and what we're doing to fix them.
shareback by Gbetty7 October 21, 2015

shareback 

a phrase coined from cashback where the reward offered for shopping online is earning equity in return.
I've just earned Shareback for making my online purchase.
shareback by zestymemeking June 19, 2023
n. A fun replacement for the word "slut". Non-shaming, and gender non-specific.
Did those two just leave the bar together, they met ten minutes ago?

Yep. Clearly they are about that SHAREBOX life.
Sharebox by elmoloveftl July 7, 2016