streambait
nounEtymology From stream + -bait, modeled on clickbait.
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Internet, Uncommon Streaming content, especially music, primarily created for the sake of optimizing user engagement.
- The rise of short-form video as a vessel for music discovery brought the logic of streambait to a new extreme. It was no longer about grabbing the listener in the first thirty seconds, but the first three-to-five seconds.2025, Liz Pelly, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, 1st edition, New York: Atria Books, →ISBN: