New Vocabulary Word

[Mary Ludwick <ludwick@swbell.net>]

Below is the definition of "flamebait"---hmmmm, so, do we sometimes have
someone who posts flamebait??     :)
I guess that person feels stymied, since flaming is not allowed on
LMNet.  I have some relatives who post flamebait on our family
discussion page!  :)
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TODAY'S WORD: flamebait

See our definition with hyperlinks at
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci212128,00.html

On the Internet, flamebait is a "posting" or note on a Web site
discussion
forum, an online bulletin board, a Usenet newsgroup, or other public
forum
that is intended to elicit the extremely strong responses characteristic
of
flaming and active public discussions. To be effective, flamebait should
be
a bit subtle (but not too subtle) so that potential flamers will "take
the
bait." This term is similar to troll, which is an effort to get a
reaction
from readers but not necessarily for the purpose of eliciting flames.
Sometimes flamebait is used just to get a discussion started.

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Mary Croix Ludwick   ludwick@swbell.net (home)
ludwickm@lisd.net(school)
Librarian, Owen Elem.,The Colony, Texas
Lewisville ISD(north of Dallas)   K-5

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