Trolls: Difference between revisions
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Regarding the impact of such collective anonymous trolling, there is just no agreement at all. What one thinks tends to depend on what one feels about: | Regarding the impact of such collective anonymous trolling, there is just no agreement at all. What one thinks tends to depend on what one feels about: | ||
*[[free circulation of fiction]] | *[[free circulation of fiction]] | ||
*[[identifying people]] - a [[sysop]] usually tries to identify a [[troll]], by [[outing]], but | *[[identifying people]] - a [[sysop]] usually tries to identify a [[troll]], by [[outing]], but trolls usually insists on staying anonymous or ambiguous, and may [[foment ambiguity]] | ||
*[[free speech]] - which trolls usually support | *[[free speech]] - which trolls usually support | ||
*[[reputation]] - | *[[reputation]] - trolls usually think reputation leads to stupidity, or that reputation is evidence of stupidity, or that reputation *is* stupidity or the universal excuse for it | ||
*[[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. | ||
The article on [[w:Internet troll|Internet troll (Wikipedia)]] seems to say | The article on [[w:Internet troll|Internet troll (Wikipedia)]] 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]].'' | ||
What should trolls do and not do on Consumerium? How does one recognize but | What should trolls do and not do on Consumerium? How does one recognize but | ||
not be too trusting of a [[friendly troll]]? Enter your beliefs here: | not be too trusting of a [[friendly troll]]? Enter your beliefs here: | ||