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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 a troll usually insists on staying anonymous or ambiguous.
*[[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]] - a troll usually thinks reputation leads to stupidity
*[[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 they are pests, but the [[m:troll|troll (Meta-Wikipedia)]] article seems to say they 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 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:
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