Back in the old days you used to see HNM linkshells spam cures on peoples to get on the hate list of whatever they were fighting. If they managed to pull enough hate they could pull the mob away from who was fighting it, causing the people to disengage and so forth. Supposedly, due to the mob running about wildly and the people with the claim not doing any actions and/or being too far away, the mob would flash white and could be stolen. It was quite popular to try in Behemoth's Dominion since you have such a big area to run around with King Behemoth, who was a kited mob anyway.

If I recall, back before they nerfed the BRD song hate, people used to sub BRD in an attempt to do this particular mechanic. I don't recall if such a thing actually worked since my linkshell at the time didn't do it except for once when we wanted to take a KB off some RMT group, but I did see others attempt it at other camps during the HNM camping heyday. This of course, does not mean it if worked or not, but it was quite popular for a little while, even if it were a myth. I do remember that they did add the /blockaid command during this period of time.