AIM Framework glossary
M-Led Negative-Attention-Seeking
Canonical definition
M-Led Negative-Attention-Seeking is the Salience Substitution Principle's channel limb operating where the Individual commands an audience: behaviour organised around generating maximum hostile reaction as the emission act, the transgressive channel costing far less in the Individual's own effort and resources and Valence-Neutral Status ensuring it returns equivalent Mimetic Premium. Distinguished from Intrinsically-led transgression by what the output tracks, Intrinsic content following the internal logic of its domain while negative-attention content tracks whatever generates maximum reaction, which changes as the audience habituates.
Explanation
Some people organise what they do around making other people angry, because anger is attention and attention is Status. Making something that withstands other people's judgement costs effort, materials, tools, practice and craft. One act that forces people to look costs almost none of those and still pays, because being hated counts the same as being admired once the notice arrives. The tell is what the output follows. Work driven by Intrinsic Motivation follows the problem. Work driven by the need for hostile notice follows whatever still gets a rise, and it changes when the audience gets used to it.
Epistemic status
Framework-Specific Construct.