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		im3w1l on Jan 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: China wants to build an open source ecosystem to r... I'm pretty sure the word flamebait predates clickbait.

Symbiote on Jan 20, 2021 [–]

Here's an early use of the word "flamebait" in rec.autos.tech (Usenet) in 1995:

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.autos.tech/c/1WGLn35Et70/m/b...

im3w1l on Jan 20, 2021 | [–]

Google books finds earlier results: It's defined in the 1994 books Information Superhighway illustrated and Net Talk.

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