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- noun Internet slang Content in an
online forum, such as anewsgroup , with the intent of provokinganger , resulting inflames and sometimesflamewars .
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Examples
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Now I really wonder where the "flamebait" part of my comment is supposed to be.
Slashdot 2009
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WTF. see g4 loves putting this kind of flamebait out.
G4TV - The Feed 2008
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This might qualify as flamebait, given Leigh's love of Hideo Kojima, but I'd say he sort of represents the problem with games writing, rather than the solution.
The Mysterious Appeal Of Ueda's Worlds SVGL 2009
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I stopped reading right here … You are entitled to your opinion in regards to WotC and 4E, but that line is pure flamebait dysonlogos
2009 ENnies Winners – Questionable At Best « Geek Related 2009
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At the risk of sounding like flamebait … your desktop went from a Windows 95 clone to an OSX clone.
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So yes, I think posting flamebait articles like this are nothing but a distraction from what we need to be focusing our energies on, which is stopping liberals from taking over everything they can get their grubby little paws on and evicting as many Democrats from the seats of power that they cling to with every bit of energy they have, while we have this golden opportunity to do so.
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As I always understood it, the difference was that a troll had no other point but to stir up trouble, while flamebait might mean someone inadvertently stepped on a landmine.
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On the other hand, when a moderator issues a warning in capital letters that we are not going to have an argument about gnu control, that's not an accusation of trolling but rather a warning about flamebait.
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It was, instead, intended as a piece of Beltway flamebait.
CJR: Journalists Should Recognize That The Economy Is 'The Most Important Thing' 2010
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It was, instead, intended as a piece of Beltway flamebait.
CJR: Journalists Should Recognize That The Economy Is 'The Most Important Thing' 2010
uselessness commented on the word flamebait
On the internet, a post or comment written specifically to incite a flame war. See also: troll.
October 17, 2007