Sysop power structure: Difference between revisions
unthinking, reactive, stupid
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A good '''sysop power structure''' is not an unthinking copy of the [[power structure]] of the project as a whole, but compensates for the [[community point of view]] sysops tend to acquire. For the same reasons, police officers must follow formal rules about what cases to be involved in and not, and are not generally trusted to follow their own instincts about what measures to take against "offenders" of [[rules]]. This is no different on [[large public wiki]]s such as the [[Content Wiki]] and any [[Opinion Wiki]] facilities will become. | A [[sysop]] is someone capable of employing [[technological escalation]] against their enemies, who they typically label "[[trolls]]". The [[social network]] composed of the sysops "is an immature network that easily develops frightened, unlearned reactions then attempts to explain those reactions as having been caused by the object of its fear." - [[English Wikipedia User Bird]] on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Bird Wikipedia talk page]. | ||
A good '''sysop power structure''' is not such an unthinking copy of the [[power structure]] of the project as a whole, but compensates for the [[community point of view]] sysops tend to acquire. For the same reasons, police officers must follow formal rules about what cases to be involved in and not, and are not generally trusted to follow their own instincts about what measures to take against "offenders" of [[rules]]. This is no different on [[large public wiki]]s such as the [[Content Wiki]] and any [[Opinion Wiki]] facilities will become. | |||
In other words, sysops simply can't be treated as neutral brokers in ''any'' power structure, democratic or despotic. They ''always'' add their own views, and this must be compensated for: | In other words, sysops simply can't be treated as neutral brokers in ''any'' power structure, democratic or despotic. They ''always'' add their own views, and this must be compensated for: | ||