In my 20s I had something of the opposite and had a number of women interested in me who were themselves in relationships, while I was not. Enough of a ratio compared to women who were single who were interested in me (which was not a high number) that I started to wonder why.
I’m not particularly outgoing either. Probably just statistics/chance, but I always wondered if there was something to it I was unconsciously contributing to.
The problem is what you’re linking is something you personally disagree with, but that doesn’t mean it’s “bait” in the first place. (I probably should’ve avoided a political example as I think some are getting carried away with that, but it could be anything.)
Different example: I could link something about peanut butter though I hate peanut butter with all my heart and hope it ceases to exist. Yet you’d never call “peanut butter cookies recipe” engagement bait. (Well, probably never…)
The term or phrase has to encompass more than just political sides or something like it. It’s the act of spreading something you personally don’t want to spread. But what you’re helping spread could be benign from most people’s perspectives.
Watch a movie/show you’re very familiar with, the kind of movie you know line for line in some (or many) parts.
Watch it in insert language and you’ll have an exact comparison for those lines already stuck.
Definitely not exact, but sort of a variation. Hoping for something that hits it specific but for all I know there might not be a precise term for it yet. (Besides “outrage porn” but even that doesn’t hit the nail on the head, just a descriptor.)
You’d have to advertise an anti-advertisement campaign. 🥲
But seriously, I think most of this concern would fall under a subsection of a comprehensive Privacy Act.
Depending on how serious you are (but maybe not “police” serious) and also your financial situation, this is the kind of stuff a Private Investigator can do.
Pretty good series, pretty sure the author’s an “acolyte” of Brandon Sanderson, so if anyone reading this likes the Cosmere you might like this series as well.
Been on my “reread” list for a while but the list keeps growing…
You can’t “fix” human behaviour you can only account for it and adjust.
Our attention will always go towards the moment rather than the constant. (Unless that constant is pain.)
Your favourite actor dies? That’s momentous. You’ll never see them in another production. You upvote it.
A doctor says something you’ve heard a hundred times over? You don’t upvote it. You relegate it to the same place the other ninety-nine went to.