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delinking, to avoid involving this important concept with issues that are at least rather controversial and speculative, and have gotten quite personal.
 
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An internet discussion forum is considered '''troll-friendly''' if it does not take steps to discourage [[trolling]].  Such steps typically include:
An internet discussion forum is considered '''troll-friendly''' if it does not take steps to discourage [[trolling]].  Troll-friendly policies include:
*banning or moderating accused [[trolls]],  
*not banning or moderating accused [[trolls]],  
*not preventing the forum being accessed from [[open proxy|open proxies]],
*not preventing the forum being accessed from [[open proxy|open proxies]],
*allowing [[anonymous post]]ing or allowing easy creation of new accounts,
*allowing [[anonymous post]]ing or allowing easy creation of new accounts,
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These democratic values were listed by [[Bernard Crick]] as alternatives to [[ideology]] or any "absolute-sounding [[ethic]]".  
These democratic values were listed by [[Bernard Crick]] as alternatives to [[ideology]] or any "absolute-sounding [[ethic]]".  


Very tellingly, [[w:political virtues|the article that is supposed to explain this is a mere stub]] at [[Wikipedia]].  This will not surprise anyone familiar with their [[GodKing]] or [[sysop power structure]], which lacks very considerably in these virtues.  Instead they have [[Wikimedia corruption]] which notably lacks these '''virtues''', indeed lacks any virtues whatsoever.
Very tellingly, [[w:political virtues|the article that is supposed to explain this is a mere stub]] at [[Wikipedia]].  This will not surprise anyone familiar with their [[GodKing]] or [[sysop power structure]], which lacks very considerably in these virtues.


=== trolling, trusting, process and forgiving ===
=== trolling, trusting, process and forgiving ===