Rage Baitor Ragebait, also known as Rage Baitingor Outrage Bait, is aslangterm for content that is explicitly made for the purpose of causing anger in others online. Though it originally started as an offshoot offlamingandtrolling, with the increased monetization of theinternetandtake culture, the practice of rage baiting has turned into a strategy for generating impressions through angering people into engagement. While similar toengagement bait, rage bait is specifically created to elicit visceral reactions from people to consequently boost content or interest in something through outrage.
