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'''Funded troll'''s are paid to change opinions in the [[Opinion Wiki]] or alter the way that the project works in ways that favour those who fund them. | '''Funded troll'''s are paid to change opinions in the [[Opinion Wiki]] or alter the way that the project works in ways that favour those who fund them. | ||
A [[friendly troll]] may be a funded troll, but probably only if they are paid by the [[Green Party]] or [[Greenpeace]] or some [[animal rights]] or [[Great Ape Personhood]] or [[vegan]] group. And those have no money, so it's unlikely. | A [[friendly troll]] may be a funded troll, but probably only if they are paid by the [[Green Party]] or [[Greenpeace]] or some [[animal rights]] or [[Great Ape Personhood]] or [[vegan]] group. And those have no money, so it's unlikely. Usually the friendly ones are volunteers like the [[house elf]]. | ||
A [[pa-troll]] of many volunteer or expense-paid friendly trolls may be able to uncover funded trolls and track them, since they know all their tricks and methods. But this quickly turns into fights between [[faction]]s, and the methods learned by friendlies may become used by fundies, and [[technological escalation]] may occur. | |||
To [[con-troll]] these, a system of [[bet]]s like a [[Consumerium Prediction Market]] may be required. Wishful thinking is that they are never required, and that no funded trolls will appear. This seems really unlikely if [[marketing]] starts to depend heavily on the [[Opinion Wiki]] here or other traits of [[Consumerium:Itself]]. | To [[con-troll]] these, a system of [[bet]]s like a [[Consumerium Prediction Market]] may be required. Wishful thinking is that they are never required, and that no funded trolls will appear. This seems really unlikely if [[marketing]] starts to depend heavily on the [[Opinion Wiki]] here or other traits of [[Consumerium:Itself]]. | ||
If such a prediction market is operating, funding trolls makes less sense than just betting. And bets can be seen, and provide useful signals and information about resistance to changes, while trolls make a living out of being hard to track and trace (like using many IP numbers moin moin!) | If such a prediction market is operating, funding trolls makes less sense than just betting. And bets can be seen, and provide useful signals and information about resistance to changes, while trolls make a living out of being hard to track and trace (like using many IP numbers moin moin!) | ||