Provocative material in an article that, intentionally or unintentionally, will make people angry and invite flames in response. See trolling.
An inflammatory post that is designed to provoke a flame war or flame responses.
Also known as Trolling. This is a deliberate attempt to either cause or continue a flame war by posting a comment which is guaranteed to create an argument. Flame bait is often called trolling, where a user posts a message to a chat room or discussion group that is deliberately intended to start a flame war. See also Flaming, Flame War and Troll.
Stupid and/or offensive posts deliberately made to attract flames. Often done by posting questions on controversial issues to disparate newsgroups.