'Flame baiting is setting up a situation for you to get flamed usually on a forum. You don't actually flame, but make it hard to respond without flaming.

Its setting people up on the internet so they look like the bad guy.'

'THE MOST POPULAR MOTIVE IS THE DESIRE FOR ATTENTION AND FOR ENTERTAINMENT DERIVED AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS.

Posted flamebait can provide the poster with a controlled trigger-and-response setting in which to anonymously engage in conflicts and indulge in aggressive behavior without facing the consequences that such behavior might bring in a face-to-face encounter.

In other instances, flamebait may be used to reduce a forum's use by angering the forum users.'

- Definitions from the internet