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In July 2010 I posted a blog article here introducing the idea of "dark patterns" [1,2]. Sixteen years later the term appears in FTC complaints, the EU's DSA and DMA, and consumer …

Genuine question: is it even theoretically possible to find some way to dump the heat that would be generated by a "data center" in space?

I have this example archived. Screenshots and explanation here: https://old.deceptive.design/trick_questions/ Conference video showing this example from 2010: https://youtu.be/zaub…

The article is about a “one or more“ Ui component and I think you’re talking about a language switcher which is a different design problem.

100% agree this is solvable with words and conventional form fields. But also - it’s usually bad idea to disable a form submit button. It deprives the system an opportunity to tell…

It is perhaps more useful to consider “fake urgency” as defined here: https://www.deceptive.design/types/fake-urgency

To add to this - did you notice the terribly ineffective demo scenario? In the video, the WSJ reporter searches for the term "Brown leather bag" and ends up finding what appears to…

Thats right. Digital Markets Act, Article 13. Anti-circumvention "The gatekeeper shall not degrade the conditions or quality of any of the core platform services provided to busine…

Ooh, this is my Twitter account. Hello everyone! A few comments: 1) This is from 2022. At the time, Adobe's CPO Scott Belsky responded saying "we can do better". Perhaps Adobe have…

This website (formerly darkpatterns.org) was launched in 2010 and had a warm reception on hacker news. It has just had a big update with new sections on laws and legal cases, so yo…

Looks good. Also see chatwoot (similar marketing automation tool that has an open source offering) https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot

If you're not familiar this legislation, here's an article that will give you an overview: “Brussels is poised to become the big tech police after passing the Digital Markets Act a…

As far as I can tell, this doesn't aim to stop the use of student learning data to support student learning. I think it's about the "other stuff", like selling PII to third parties…

I've done a few pieces of expert witness work over the 2-3 years (on deceptive design / dark patterns). Although expert witness hourly rates may look high, it really depends on how…

Perhaps this is a useful counterpoint: Aviation Psychologist David Beaty on the phenomenon of ‘Set’ (1991): “‘Set’ is a survival characteristic we have inherited. The human brain e…

So they’re estimating based on a sample that may not represent the population of Spotify subscribers. The only people who know the real figures are Spotify themselves. It would be …

Also see Christopher Wylie’s book “Mindfuck”. 2018 interview with the author here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/data-war-whistl...

This conversation is not about an abstract trolley problem of years to life / life to years. It's about reality today. The post I was quoting ended with "Why do we still have these…

What is the duration of a "natural life"? For someone with a disability? For someone born with an autoimmune disease? For anyone except the young and fit? The comment was offensive…

This is the view of an individual who has no disabilities, no health issues and who is under an arbitrary age that they've decide feels far away for them. What does it mean to be a…

I worked at a well known UK newspaper about 6-7 years ago. I found out that the daily print newspaper was edited in quarkXPress without a CMS. After publishing the newspaper each n…