@wiimote23-0 it is definitely still a thing.
Unfortunately it devolved into scumbag Indians and Africans targeting English speaking men and boys all over the world posing as girls, then blackmailing them for different forms of money.
This led to many teen suicides in the US and ultimately led to finally extraditing a couple of these asshats to the US from West africa—and families of victims spurring congress to bring the heads of social media organizations in front of a congressional comittee demanding answers.
The baiting just for kicks though still happens of course... many guys are wise to it now though. a lot of baiters dont even release their content they do underground gigatribes and other such sharing after vetting eachother.
The baits you see are on here and other sites are poor collections and absolutely shit quality. I have yet to see many good baits in the ones Ive got from here relative to whats out there.
Ultimately, ethically I dont think they should be posted or shared in mass sharing situations. Real people unwittingly tricked into embarrasing situations. Lowkey private sharing though, seems more appropriate.
Most good baiters wouldnt want their work publicly shared anyhow and protect the privacy of their caps by blurring any private information and never sharing names.
Blackmailing goes back a long way but what these clownfucks from africa and india did really ruined any fun in baiting itself from the sounds of it. So many males now absolutely traumatized to hell and back if they survived the assault. Unfortunate.