sharebait
US/ˈʃɛɹ.beɪt/
sharebait noun: website content that exists only to be shared, aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs.
Noun
sharebait (uncountable)
- Website content that exists only to be shared, aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs.
- Forget click-bait. We’re living in the world of share-bait now.2014, Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post
- Among the many phenomena we’d tentatively attribute, in large part, to the trend: the rise of sharebait (nee clickbait) and the general BuzzFeedification of traditional media; the Internet hoax-industrial complex, which only seems to be growing stronger; and the utter lack of intelligent online...2016, Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post
Forms of sharebait
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Origin of sharebait
From share + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).
Questions about sharebait
- What does sharebait mean?
- Sharebait means website content that exists only to be shared, aimed at generating advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines to attract click-throughs.
- What part of speech is sharebait?
- Sharebait is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sharebait?
- Sharebait is pronounced /ˈʃɛɹ.beɪt/ (US).
Words near sharebait in the dictionary
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