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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 [[sysop]]s apply (negative judgement from a dictator or group perspective - see [[community point of view]]) or creating a logical paradoxon.  Either of which could be assumed to be an objective of '''trollist''' activities.
'''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 - see [[community point of view]]) 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.  However, interestingly, sysopism arises from the desire to [[control]] [[Vandalism]], a third and seemingly unrelated view, but which trolls insist the sysops themselves embody (see [[sysop vandalism]] and [[Sysop Vandal point of view]]).  Sysops are authorized to control vandals but seem to inevitably go too far and define trolls into existence, whereupon the trolls insist on creating a rival power structure to control the vandalism of the sysops.  All of this can probably be described as [[politics as usual]]:
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.  However, interestingly, sysopism arises from the desire to [[control]] [[Vandalism]], a third and seemingly unrelated view, but which trolls insist the sysops themselves embody (see [[sysop vandalism]] and [[Sysop Vandal point of view]]).  Sysops are authorized to control vandals but seem to inevitably go too far and define trolls into existence (see [[troll-formative injustice]]), whereupon the trolls insist on creating a rival power structure to control the vandalism of the sysops and [[sysop vigilantiism|vigilantiism]] against themselves and innocent bystanders.  All of this can probably be described as [[politics as usual]]:


While sysops claim to be the guardians of a "[[neutral point of view]]" which favours the existing participants, the trolls counter with their "[[New Troll point of view]]" which would favour the input of fresh and new perspectives from under-represented [[faction]]s.  This may be a simple right vs. left type of division, as exemplified by [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] who seem to be some of the most obvious exponents of trollism as such.
While sysops claim to be the guardians of a "[[neutral point of view]]" which favours the existing participants, the trolls counter with their "[[New Troll point of view]]" which would favour the input of fresh and new perspectives from under-represented [[faction]]s.  This may be a simple right vs. left type of division, as exemplified by [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] who seem to be some of the most obvious exponents of trollism as such.
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