The First Universal Method

Disinfolklore is the first universal method for identifying, countering, and withstanding information manipulations. By conceiving of trolls as any informational unit, Disinfolklore provides a six-point algorithm — the Code of Positive Trolls — that enables us to recognise and to build resilience to being manipulated. Proof any and every incoming troll against the six elements in the Code of Positive Trolls (Generosity, Rightness, Tolerance, Energy / Mana / Joyous Perseverance, Focus and Insight), and you will be sure to recognise Russian brainwashing stories at first sight.

Source: Ways of Seeing Disinfolklore I

We need positive batteries inside the Information Environment we’re occupying. Reminders. Mantras. Mnemonics. Tis not enough to go to church or a party with friends once a week for Truth Fill-Up. Our means of mental hygiene needs to be immanent within the data which we consume. We also need an algorithm inside the interpretative algorithm for consuming these data. Inside our heads. Mental hygiene determined by the Code of Positive Trolls. A mnemonic. Evaluative mechanism. Mantra we can mainstream all incoming data through. The Code of Positive Trolls fulfills those two functions: mnemonic in data AND mnemonic in our minds.

Source: Ways of Seeing Disinfolklore I

The Code is both a tool and a practice. It serves two functions simultaneously: it is a mnemonic in the data (a way of tagging what you encounter) and a mnemonic in your mind (a habitual way of processing). In the Attention Economy, where our timelines are algorithmically served, the Code is essential mental hygiene — not a weekly “Truth Fill-Up” but an always-on evaluative instrument.

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