Rage baiting—making content designed to provoke anger or outrage—has become a common way some creators try to grow fast on YouTube. But is it actually a good long-term strategy? In this video, ...

Mark Wahlberg straightens his tie and beams at the audience as he takes his seat on daytime talk show The View, ahead of his hotly anticipated interview. Immediately, he’s unsettled by the host, Joy ...

Earlier this week, Oxford University Press named ‘rage bait’ as 2025’s Word of the Year (despite it actually being two words, ahem)… but over on socials, the concept is not exactly new. If you were on ...

"Rage bait" has been named the word of the year by the Oxford University Press. It means social media content that is designed to create a strong and negative reaction. Posting content intended to ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. I have bad news for my fellow rage baiters: We may be seeing the peak of the rage-bait bubble. I'm ...

Source: Walther. ChatGTP. 2025 “Rage bait” becoming Oxford’s Word of the Year 2025 offers a psychological X-ray of (the anglophone parts of) society today. Defined as online content “deliberately ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the ongoing efforts of the media ...