Oxford University Press just dropped their 2025 word of the year, and surprise surprise—it's tied to how rage-baiting dominates our feeds now.

The pick reflects what we all see daily: controversial takes and heated debates aren't bugs in social platforms, they're features driving engagement metrics through the roof. Outrage has become the currency of attention in digital spaces.

Whether it's traditional social media or emerging decentralized platforms, the pattern holds. Provocative content spreads faster, algorithms reward emotional reactions, and suddenly everyone's optimizing for controversy instead of conversation.

Makes you wonder what this means for community-driven spaces trying to build something different. Can Web3 social platforms break this cycle, or will tokenomics just gamify outrage even more efficiently?