One variant of ragebait I really hate is posters pretending to be stupid or confusing in order to get people to correct them, make fun of them, fight in the comments, ask questions etc, all because more comments equals more exposure.
For example. I literally just saw a video on my feed of a professional barber trying to fix a balding person’s haircut, by spray painting his scalp. The barber was acting serious, pretending to show off his skills, but the real content was how ridiculously awful it looked, and this accounted for 99% of the (many) comments. He knew what he was doing.
I’ve heard people call it “engagement bait”, since the goal seems to be to get people to comment or engage with the post, since that gives them a higher profile in the algorithm’s evaluation.
For example. I literally just saw a video on my feed of a professional barber trying to fix a balding person’s haircut, by spray painting his scalp. The barber was acting serious, pretending to show off his skills, but the real content was how ridiculously awful it looked, and this accounted for 99% of the (many) comments. He knew what he was doing.
Is there a name for this kind of slop?