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*[[authority]] - which trolls don't like | *[[authority]] - which trolls don't like | ||
*[[libel]] - which some trolls do, and others try to avoid being done to them, by staying trolls and not letting libellers know their names or where they are. | *[[libel]] - which some trolls do, and others try to avoid being done to them, by staying trolls and not letting libellers know their names or where they are. | ||
Trolls are the most challenging [[faction]] because they are typically diverse, and very often refuse to accept the [[community point of view]] as a [[neutral point of view]], or accept any [[pigeonholing]] or labelling of their views by others. | |||
Thus trolls are atomic ''[[agent provocateur|agents provocateurs]]'' and vital to [[grassroots]] process. | |||
Usually the label ''troll'' simply indicates that someone considers them pests or [[usurper]]s. | |||
However, for precisely these reasons, they are the most useful in discovering the limitations of existing terminology, categories, and assumptions, especially those related to the [[sysop power structure]] that labels them. A [[troll-friendly]] [[large public wiki]] can expect some problems and challenges and drop-outs from people who can't develop the [[political virtues]] quickly enough. However it presumably gains and exploits those who are marginalized or abused elsewhere, which suits the progressive values of [[Consumerium:itself]]. | |||
The Wikipedia article on [[w:Internet troll|Internet trolls]] seems to say "a troll is a pest" and assumes [[psychiatry]] applies (that the sysop can tell what the motivation of the troll is, amazingly). However, the [[m:troll|troll (Meta-Wikipedia)]] article seems to say that trolls serve an important [[audit]] role, by driving bad contributors out of a project, or harassing stupid ideas to death, or just generally knowing how a project can evolve to work better. ''There is more on this in [[Talk:urban ecology]].'' | The Wikipedia article on [[w:Internet troll|Internet trolls]] seems to say "a troll is a pest" and assumes [[psychiatry]] applies (that the sysop can tell what the motivation of the troll is, amazingly). However, the [[m:troll|troll (Meta-Wikipedia)]] article seems to say that trolls serve an important [[audit]] role, by driving bad contributors out of a project, or harassing stupid ideas to death, or just generally knowing how a project can evolve to work better. ''There is more on this in [[Talk:urban ecology]].'' | ||