Facebaiting Edit Meaning

1.

The phenomenon whereby an intentional and impossibly obscure Facebook status causes numerous friends to respond.

After declaring in his status that "Rich has big news" - he was accused of facebaiting.

See facebaiting, facebait

2.

FaceBaiting - where you constantly invite a person to be a friend on FaceBook when you KNOW their circumstance demands they can't accept...

I knew he was gay and in the closet and accepting my friend request would tip off his overly inquisitive and (rightfully so) insecure-about-his-sexuality girlfriend, but I kept FaceBaiting him anyway figuring when he'd finally accepted who he was, he'd simultaneously accept me as a "friend"

See gay, closet, downlow, angst

3.

Posting an inflammatory status update or link on a social networking site in order to stir up trouble or antagonize your friends list.

"Bill only posted that Fox News link on Facebook to piss off his liberal friends. He was totally Facebaiting."

See facebook, myspace, twitter, political, religious, controversy, troll