I keep seeing people call all sorts of things that absolutely should not be “rage” inducing rage bait and I’m confused how this term has evolved, what does it mean when something like a dumb question or a slightly censored meme is now “rage bait”? To me rage bait means something explicitly made to make you made, playing the devils advocate or purposefully edgy and polarizing content but that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. To me it it feels like the way woke just means anything I don’t like, is the other side of the coin rage bait is also anything I don’t like I just don’t happen to be a conservative? Sorry if this post is rage bait, I’m genuinely asking and I have a touch of the ‘tism.
I think it’s being judged not by intent, but by the person’s own emotional response and by the amount of emotional comments. Every emotion on the internet seems so fake today, so we flag everything
You’re flagged as “Russian troll” so I call bullshit.
And why have you flagged me
I’m not sure, the tag system is basic and without context.
Ok whatever. Jfyi, Russian state trolls never admit they are from Russia. So I’d recommend changing this label to something like “russian douchebag”