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Social Media Engagement-Bait Forces Unnecessary Actions to Access Content

Content creators routinely hide useful resources behind "comment to get a DM" mechanics, turning simple information retrieval into an engagement farming exercise. Viewers must participate in a social action they find manipulative just to access a link or document. Crowdsourced bypass tools are emerging but remain fragmented.

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Social Media Engagement Bait Forces Unnecessary Interactions

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