Shitposting is the act of posting large amounts of content of "aggressively, ironically, and trollishly poor quality" to an online forum or social network, in some cases intended to derail discussions or otherwise make the site unusable to its regular visitors.
In politics
In May 2016 The Daily Dot wrote that a shitpost is "a deliberate provocation designed for maximum impact with minimum effort."
In September 2016 the alt-right group Nimble America received widespread media attention. The Daily Beast described the group as "dedicated to “shitposting” and circulating internet memes maligning Hillary Clinton."
In September 2016 The Independent wrote that shitposting is an apolitical "tool that can be put to a variety of effects – being used from everyone from the alt-right such as Trump fans to left-wing groups online like those meant to support Bernie Sanders." Engineering & Technology magazine wrote that "[s]hitposting, whether from the left or right, is perilously close to delivering an online metastasis of Orwell's Two-minute Hate".
In November 2016 Esquire magazine wrote that "Internet mockery was emerging as a legitimate political technique: shitposting. Maybe the 2020 election would be all shitposting."