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Re:China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival Gi... by im3w1l on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:20PM (#25839023)
I'm pretty sure the word flamebait predates clickbait.
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Re:China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival Gi... by Symbiote on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:23AM (#25848272)
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...

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Re:China wants to build an open source ecosystem to rival Gi... by im3w1l on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:05PM (#25849673)
Google books finds earlier results: It's defined in the 1994 books Information Superhighway illustrated and Net Talk.
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