Last but not least: With love against arrogance
Wikipedia on a "love trip": The platform has introduced a new feature called Wikilove, which is designed to promote positive communication among contributors.
With the "Love" button, users can express their appreciation for contributions and their authors - and send virtual gifts in the form of kittens, beer or other small tokens of appreciation. The aim is to encourage more people to write and expand articles, according to the Wikimedia blog. Internal studies have shown that the arrogance of other Wikipedia authors is one of the main reasons why many new authors throw in the towel or become less active.
Promoting more praise and recognition instead of arrogance and humiliation - a nice idea, dear Wikipedia team. But does it have to be love that is passed back and forth between the authors? Well, as we all know, the "Like" button is already occupied, so it makes sense to reach for the next highest emotion, love.
Although only users in English-language Wikipedia will be able to see the love feature for the time being, it is surely only a matter of time before the love wave reaches German-speaking countries. And then people in this country will be able to love for all they're worth.
