Like sharing a political post you disagree with to make a point, but because you’re sharing it you’re increasing its awareness and popularity.
Curious if there’s a known term for it.
(Ex. Paradox of Tolerance. You can’t be completely tolerant of everything because then you’d be tolerant of intolerance. Thus, a paradox.)
I just call that biting the ragebait, stranger.
Maybe… “there is no such thing as bad publicity” ?
It is itself hyperbole and it’s by no means absolute, but yea plenty of times where bad publicity is still publicity.
Engagement bait?
Edit: Or in even more general terms, “counterintuitive”?
The problem is what you’re linking is something you personally disagree with, but that doesn’t mean it’s “bait” in the first place. (I probably should’ve avoided a political example as I think some are getting carried away with that, but it could be anything.)
Different example: I could link something about peanut butter though I hate peanut butter with all my heart and hope it ceases to exist. Yet you’d never call “peanut butter cookies recipe” engagement bait. (Well, probably never…)
The term or phrase has to encompass more than just political sides or something like it. It’s the act of spreading something you personally don’t want to spread. But what you’re helping spread could be benign from most people’s perspectives.
Sounds like a cross between the Streisand Effect and a very very mild and/or subjective information hazard
or counterproductive
That sounds like a Streisand effect, or a variation of it.
Definitely not exact, but sort of a variation. Hoping for something that hits it specific but for all I know there might not be a precise term for it yet. (Besides “outrage porn” but even that doesn’t hit the nail on the head, just a descriptor.)
I believe it’s called “Doing exactly what they intended it to make you do.”
“Feeding the trolls?”
I don’t have a word or short phrase for you, but I do have an upvote and engagement. Best I can compare what you describe to is this: Remember when you or one of your friends in grade school smelled a particularly smelly pair of shoes or a bad fart or whatever else, and the immediate reaction is to say to the rest of the group, “Whoa sniff this!”? It’s like that.
A good example of this is the stock portfolios that allow you to mimic Nancy Pelosi’s investments. By seconding every decision she makes it directly boosts every stock she buys.
I’d just call it misguided.
