I thought this was going to be a camera that prints onto pieces of toast in real time.
Show HN: I made a toast that shows what visitors are doing in real-time
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#12I came just to find out what a 'toast' is in this context. I'm understanding it's a 'little popup'... is that right?
I attempted to explain this using the existing definitions, and they didn't quite fit!
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#13Whenever I see these pop up I basically never believe them. They are even worse when made up scarcity is involved. I want to go one step further and say this is actually a dark pattern.
Exactly, like the bubble/up-sell in the Uber app that claims 'busier than usual' circumstances can only be remedied by paying a little more for a quicker pickup.
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#14Whenever I see these pop up I basically never believe them. They are even worse when made up scarcity is involved. I want to go one step further and say this is actually a dark pattern.
Agreed. I’ve actually ended purchasing from alternative places because of these things.
If I feel like a site is trying to pressure or rush me into a sale then I usually end up feeling negatively towards that site and thus shop elsewhere.
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#15I've seen similar 'innovations' on other e-commerce sites. There is zero reason for me to believe that the statistic it's showing is real, and my first reaction is always to try and dismiss/remove it because it's distracting.
I'm slowly developing a new form of banner-blindness for all things present in a website's "gadget layer" - that place where all 3rd party add-ons go that actually hurt the user's experience. I'm talking about the social tab thing that we sometimes see, the Intercom chat bubble in the lower right, etc.
Sorry OP, it looks like a nice implementation of a truly terrible new e-commerce trend :(
Re: Show HN: I made a toast that shows what visitors are doing in real-time
#16people can easily made a fake one + no one is gonna believe it, tho sometimes it does work
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#17I came just to find out what a 'toast' is in this context. I'm understanding it's a 'little popup'... is that right?
A 'toast message' is a little popup that contains information for the user.
For some weird reason a lot of standard UX patterns are named after food. Hamburger menu, kebab menu, toast message, chips/pills, snackbar etc etc
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#18Whenever I see these pop up I basically never believe them. They are even worse when made up scarcity is involved. I want to go one step further and say this is actually a dark pattern.
These are all dark patterns used in the SaaS community and it takes zero effort to create. Two valid alternatives to this product: (1) lie (2) average out whatever proof throughput you get and simulate the events
Not just the SaaS community, unfortunately.
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#19Whenever I see these pop up I basically never believe them. They are even worse when made up scarcity is involved. I want to go one step further and say this is actually a dark pattern.
Oh really? This helped to show actual social proof vs fake it. Users that sign up can't really fake it
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#20Whenever I see these pop up I basically never believe them. They are even worse when made up scarcity is involved. I want to go one step further and say this is actually a dark pattern.
I agree. As a programmer I never believe this is actual interaction of people but instead random events programmed to show up to spoof activity. There's no way to verify the truthfulness of the data. As a consequence I distrust the website and make an effort to find a different seller.
what would make you trust us? I am asking so I can show more legitimacy as I'm also a programmer and I agree with you