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(definition of a trollgnaw now up for trolling - do your best)
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*[[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 "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]].''
The Wikipedia article on [[w:Internet troll|Internet trolls]] 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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