Neutral Trolling

Neutral Trolling

Emotion-moving activity that neither clearly passes nor fails the Code of Positive Trolls. Most of the trolling we encounter daily — weather updates, casual conversation, advertisements for ordinary products, everyday jokes — is Neutral. It moves emotions but does not clearly serve either Infolklore or Disinfolklore.

The Tripartite Classification

A. Discern the Mana in the meme or the troll — it will be there. It might be manifesting positive, neutral, or negative energy. We use the Code of Positive Trolls six criteria to proof any informational unit.

Source: Our Disinfolklore Universe

Generosity is the first element in the Code of Positive Trolls (a six element test against which any item of Disinfolklore and indeed any meme/informational unit) may be measured and evaluated as ‘Positive’ (Infolklore), Negative (Disinfolklore), or Neutral (neither).

Source: Twitter Note (2023)

The Code produces three verdicts: Positive (Infolklore), Negative (Disinfolklore), or Neutral (neither). Most human communication falls into the Neutral category. This is important — the method is not paranoid. Not everything is a weapon. But the Neutral zone is also where Disinfolklore most easily hides, because our defences are lowered.

The Danger of the Neutral Zone

Our challenge, then, is to find a means of distinguishing between the Positive, Negative or Neutral trolls concealed inside memes of all kinds (on the Internet, in conversation, or in media we’re consuming) that we encounter all day long.

Source: Outgoing Troll Radar!

Neutral Trolling becomes dangerous when it carries embedded Negative content. A seemingly harmless joke that normalises cruelty. A news report that neutrally frames a lie. A meme that entertains while injecting an archetype. The Mindfulness tool (Tool 11) is particularly relevant here — it asks you to monitor what enters your Inner Mind, even when the content appears benign.

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