rage farming
Harvesting online anger
Rage farming is the practice of deliberately posting inflammatory content to provoke angry reactions, generating engagement and amplifying reach.
The term borrows from engagement farming—creating content designed to maximize interaction—but specifically targets outrage as the crop.
Politicians, pundits, and influencers rage farm when they make provocative statements calculated to go viral through indignant responses: Don't share that—you're just helping them rage farm.
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- outrage pornContent engineered for anger
- trollingProvoking reactions online
- instigationAct of provoking action
manipulation · astroturfing · culture war · polarization · hot take · exploitation · demagoguery · algorithms · misinformation · echo chambers · firestorm · psychological warfare · fearmongering · clickbait · witch hunt · inflammatory · virality · pile on
rage farminghonest conversation
bridge-building · educational outreach · empathetic listening · truth-telling · active listening
rage farmingcivil discourse
Respectful exchange of views
good faith argument · reasoned argument · bridge-building · consensus-building · Socratic dialogue
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