The funny thing is that the article headline said 10 but there are 9 listed as such:
1. The “motte and bailey” is a sort of argumentative sleight-of-hand. The offender starts with a weak, controversial position, known here as the “bailey.” When the weak argument is criticized, the debater switches to the “motte,” and a strong, uncontroversial opinion that’s harder to argue with. It’s a moving target that sneaks nonsense in with positions that everyone can agree on.
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2. The goal is to make a sharp division along binary lines. In other words, there are exactly two sides to take in this debate, and they’re very different. You don’t want to be one of the morons, do you? If not, there’s only one position for you to take.
3. It becomes a “flaming” strawman when you throw in a derogatory insult for flavor.
4. Conflict Entrepreneurs exploit social, cultural, or political fault lines. They inject outrageous content into these spaces to intensify emotions and polarize the discourse. This can look like spreading disinformation, incendiary memes and other rhetorical techniques that attempt to divide audiences. Sometimes they do it for personal gain, but sometimes it’s just about spreading chaos.
5. Context Collapse is when an event — benign or otherwise — is posted to social media without the necessary or accurate background information. Without that context, the audience makes assumptions and jumps into the comments to share their anger or outrage.
6. Context Creep is a more pernicious version of context collapse — when brand new inaccurate context gets added to the original content.
7. Divisive or upsetting content makes its way onto social media. It triggers an emotional response from people who see it, who respond with their own vitriolic posts. The reaction continues as these posts trigger additional people who add their own responses to the chain. In the end, you have cascading threads of outrage, with people responding to content that’s completely divorced from the original event.
8. The pandemic was rife with examples of Threat Picking. In extremely rare circumstances the COVID-19 vaccine causes adverse reactions. That doesn’t mean the vaccines are dangerous.
9. Phantom Panic, aka moral panic or good old hysteria, takes a real or imagined anecdote turn into mainstream political talking points, sometimes resulting in real world consequences.
Pinball machines, for example, were banned in New York City from 1942 to 1976 because people thought they were a game of chance which corrupted kids
'Flaming Strawmen'? 10 Internet Rage Baiting Techniques You Need to Know About
1. The “motte and bailey” is a sort of argumentative sleight-of-hand. The offender starts with a weak, controversial position, known here as the “bailey.” When the weak argument is criticized, the debater switches to the “motte,” and a strong, uncontroversial opinion that’s harder to argue with. It’s a moving target that sneaks nonsense in with positions that everyone can agree on.
...
2. The goal is to make a sharp division along binary lines. In other words, there are exactly two sides to take in this debate, and they’re very different. You don’t want to be one of the morons, do you? If not, there’s only one position for you to take.
3. It becomes a “flaming” strawman when you throw in a derogatory insult for flavor.
4. Conflict Entrepreneurs exploit social, cultural, or political fault lines. They inject outrageous content into these spaces to intensify emotions and polarize the discourse. This can look like spreading disinformation, incendiary memes and other rhetorical techniques that attempt to divide audiences. Sometimes they do it for personal gain, but sometimes it’s just about spreading chaos.
5. Context Collapse is when an event — benign or otherwise — is posted to social media without the necessary or accurate background information. Without that context, the audience makes assumptions and jumps into the comments to share their anger or outrage.
6. Context Creep is a more pernicious version of context collapse — when brand new inaccurate context gets added to the original content.
7. Divisive or upsetting content makes its way onto social media. It triggers an emotional response from people who see it, who respond with their own vitriolic posts. The reaction continues as these posts trigger additional people who add their own responses to the chain. In the end, you have cascading threads of outrage, with people responding to content that’s completely divorced from the original event.
8. The pandemic was rife with examples of Threat Picking. In extremely rare circumstances the COVID-19 vaccine causes adverse reactions. That doesn’t mean the vaccines are dangerous.
9. Phantom Panic, aka moral panic or good old hysteria, takes a real or imagined anecdote turn into mainstream political talking points, sometimes resulting in real world consequences.
Pinball machines, for example, were banned in New York City from 1942 to 1976 because people thought they were a game of chance which corrupted kids
