Bartleby: Easter eggs and other treats.

In the article, the author discusses the move by companies like WordPress and Google to incorporate playfulness in their products like the unexpected messages or features called Easter eggs. According to University of Waterloo's Daniel Vogel and Matthew Lakier, Easter eggs are used to reward users'...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 443; no. 9294; p. 55
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Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 4/30/2022
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