Wikipedia's volunteer editors are fleeing online abuse. Here's what that could mean for the internet (and you)
- Written by Ivan Smirnov, Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
ShutterstockWe’re now sadly used to seeing toxic exchanges play out on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and TikTok.
But Wikipedia is a reference work. How heated can people get over an encyclopedia?
Our research, published today, shows the answer is very heated. For example, one Wikipedia editor wrote to another:
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