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The word '''troll''' means many things, all important to the culture of [[trolling]] | The word '''troll''' means many things, all important to the culture of [[trolling]] (of which [[Consumerium]] is necessarily a part, since it always will be perceived as "[[trolling]] perfect corporations with bad untrue things" until of course the corporation must admit that all the "trolling" is true - see [[Wikimedia]] and [[Bomis]] for examples of trolling that is totally true). | ||
=== definitions of the noun "troll" === | === definitions of the noun "troll" === | ||
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=== generic troll === | === generic troll === | ||
Combining all the various insights above, clearly, a troll is a supernatural creature with a body of any size, closely associated with nature, who likely eats fish, moves around a lot and often in circles in a regular range, who sings a great deal, often in praise and celebration (of each other or Earth herself), but always loudly and without inhibition, in complex cycles in close cooperation with other such creatures, in rolling voices, with all eventually signing different parts of the song at the same time, probably driving everyone who doesn't want to listen to them completely nuts. This is the generic troll | Combining all the various insights above, clearly, a troll is a supernatural creature with a body of any size, closely associated with nature, who likely eats fish, moves around a lot and often in circles in a regular range, who sings a great deal, often in praise and celebration (of each other or Earth herself), but always loudly and without inhibition, in complex cycles in close cooperation with other such creatures, in rolling voices, with all eventually signing different parts of the song at the same time, probably driving everyone who doesn't want to listen to them completely nuts. This is the generic troll. | ||
=== Internet trolls === | |||
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On the Internet, "today, the word troll are both verb and noun, and are applied loosely to any outsider. If you don't like someone's manners, he is a troll. If you don't like a gadfly, he is a troll. If you don't like a philosopher, he is a | On the Internet, "today, the word troll are both verb and noun, and are applied loosely to any outsider. If you don't like someone's manners, he is a troll. If you don't like a gadfly, he is a troll. If you don't like a philosopher, he is a | ||
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"I find that the term "troll" means pretty | "I find that the term "troll" means pretty | ||
much nothing, or it just means "somebody doing something I don't like." - [ | much nothing, or it just means "somebody doing something I don't like." - [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-May/012437.html Theresa Robinson] | ||
"...a term of abuse that is levelled both at genuinely problematic users and | "...a term of abuse that is levelled both at genuinely problematic users and | ||
users with contentious but potentially legitimate views." - [ | users with contentious but potentially legitimate views." - [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-May/012438.html Mark Richards] | ||
=== | === trolls vs. sysops === | ||
Obviously, under these definitions, we are all trolls from time to time, that is, we are all likely to be in some [[dispute]] or [[conflict between users]] and then if there is some [[sysop power structure]], we can be labelled "troll" and so marginalized. This is a fairly typical process, not different from authorship: | Obviously, under these definitions, we are all trolls from time to time, that is, we are all likely to be in some [[dispute]] or [[conflict between users]] and then if there is some [[sysop power structure]], we can be labelled "troll" and so marginalized. This is a fairly typical process, not different from authorship: |