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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 - which seem to focus on resisting power, most especially [[technological escalation|technologically granted power]]s that do not come from any moral or educational qualifications, but usually only from [[infrastructure owners trust]], which trolls reject as a decision criterion. | ||
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]]: | 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]]: | ||
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=== References === | === References === | ||
''Most articles are quite critical of so-called '''trollism''' where they perceive it:'' | ''Most articles are quite critical of so-called '''trollism''' where they perceive it, and many simply confuse it with [[politics as usual]]:'' | ||
*[http://www.strategypage.com/messageboards/messages/91-1292.asp Patterns of Global Trollism] | *[http://www.strategypage.com/messageboards/messages/91-1292.asp Patterns of Global Trollism] | ||