Trolling Redefined: ANY Emotion-Moving Activity

@DecodingTrolls we conceive of trolling as: “ANY emotion-moving activity of body, speech or mind.” So advertising, courting, intriguing, curiosity stirring,… all are encompassed into our understanding of trolling. To assess if a troll or meme is Positive, Neutral or Negative trolling, we run it through an algorithm. If a troll passes each of these six tests, then, it’s Positive Trolling. If not, then, the meme or troll you’re judging may be Neutral or Negative. Trump or Putin are masters of disturbing others’ emotions. They’re almost always Negative Trolling — they lie a lot, and so fail especially the second limb in the six tests — ethical discipline. Liz Cheney, President Zelenskyy and Joe Biden, generally speaking, would be Positive Trolls, even if I might not deem as positive a policy they were espousing.

Source: What Positive Trolls Doing

The redefinition is radical: trolling is not an internet phenomenon. It is “ANY emotion-moving activity.” A house insurance advertisement is trolling. A mother comforting a child is trolling. The Code sorts all of it. And notice: you can be a Positive Troll even when someone disagrees with your policy — because the Code measures energy, not opinion.

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