Bait

An oft-stated axiom is that the obviousness of bait is paradoxically in direct correlation with the amount of replies and seething it generates. Try it, /who/ really is that gullible, though they probably have so little in their lives they only reply out of pure boredom. Telling a /who/ poster to leave bait alone would, ultimately, be tantamount to telling them to have sex or to watch an episode of Doctor Who.

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Bait is often one of two extremes: either very well-prepared and thought out, or completely retarded. While both can succeed equally well, the best strategy while baiting is to simply spam the thread to death, so make sure that router reset button's handy nearby.