English Dictionary

ragebait

noun

(Internet, derogatory) Website content which relies on headlines provoking anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.

The article was just another piece of ragebait, designed to provoke strong emotional reactions.

意味（1）

(Internet, derogatory) Website content which relies on headlines provoking anger or fear in order to increase viewership or interaction.

Even before I spoke with the political scientists, Nerst contended that a better understanding of today’s online argumentation would help people cope with its excesses. “Most people really are tired of shouting matches and want more nuance (according to surveys etc.),” he wrote to me, “and I hope we will develop some cultural immunity towards ragebait and hyperzealotry soon. […]”