Trollism: Difference between revisions

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Trollism is a wiki ideology that idealizes the activities of trolls. Trollists not only accept the label troll but they are proud to "be a troll", they claim to be trolls, and many use the word "troll" in their user name. It's doubtful that this can be done without depriving the word troll of the meaning sysops apply (negative judgement from a dictator or group perspective) or creating a logical paradoxon. Either of which could be assumed to be an objective of trollist activities.

Seen from the outside trollism concentrates on the valid points and positive effects of trolling and neglects its de-constructive content. So it appears as a simplification. Sysopism and Trollism seem to be two sides of the same coin: misuse of power. One is the result of the other in a hen-egg relationship and each of these ideologies claims to be necessary to control the negative effects of the other.

The main difference is that sysops misuse technology granted power and trolls seem to be exploiting linguistic powers such as the ability to write poetry, make puns, and create conceptual metaphors that reinforce their resistance to the sysop power structure. It is not clear that trollist activities even imply belief in trollism, the ideology may be projected as a farce or mockery of the beliefs of the hated sysops.

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-'''Trollism''' is an [[Ideology]] that idealizes the activities of trolls. Trollists not only accept the label '''[[troll]]''' but they are proud to "be a troll", they claim to be trolls. It's doubtful that this can be done without depriving the word ''troll'' of its essential meaning (negative judgement from a dictator or group perspective) or creating a logical paradoxon.
+'''Trollism''' is a [[wiki ideology]] that idealizes the activities of [[trolls]]. Trollists not only accept the label '''[[troll]]''' but they are proud to "be a troll", they claim to be trolls, and many use the word "troll" in their user name.  It's doubtful that this can be done without depriving the word ''troll'' of the meaning [[sysop]]s apply (negative judgement from a dictator or group perspective) or creating a logical paradoxon.  Either of which could be assumed to be an objective of '''trollist''' activities.
-Seen from the outside trollism concentrates on the valid points and positive effects of trolling and neglects its de-constructive content. So it appears as a simplification. Sysopism and Trollism seem to be two sides of the same coin: misuse of power. One is the result of the other in a hen-egg relationship and each of these ideologies claims to be necessary to control the negative effects of the other.
+Seen from the outside trollism concentrates on the valid points and positive effects of trolling and neglects its de-constructive content. So it appears as a simplification. [[Sysopism]] and Trollism seem to be two sides of the same coin: misuse of power.  One is the result of the other in a hen-egg relationship and each of these ideologies claims to be necessary to control the negative effects of the other.
+The main difference is that [[technological escalation|sysops misuse technology granted power]] and [[trollish|trolls seem to be exploiting linguistic power]]s such as the ability to write poetry, make puns, and create [[conceptual metaphor]]s that reinforce their resistance to the [[sysop power structure]].  It is not clear that '''trollist''' activities even imply belief in '''trollism''', the ideology may be projected as a farce or mockery of the beliefs of the hated sysops.
 See also: [[Wikiism]].