Bait

An absurdly incorrect opinion online, used to intentionally elicit a negative response in order to gain clicks and/or interactions.

Disregard that post, it's clearly bait. Nobody is that stupid.

Bait

n.
An absurdly incorrect opinion online, used to intentionally elicit a negative response in order to gain clicks and/or interactions.

This meaning of the word most commonly used on the social media platform ifunny.

Disregard that comment. It's just bait.