How e-commerce sites manipulate people into buying things • Hacker News Board

Re: How e-commerce sites manipulate people into buying things

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Post by zeveb » Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 8:28 PM UTC

digitalengineer wrote: post #5

3xblah wrote: post #4

"The report coincides with discussions among lawmakers about regulating technology companies, including through a bill proposed in April by Senators Deb Fischer, Republican of Nebraska, and Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, that is meant to limit the use of dark patterns by making some of the techniques illegal and giving the Federal Trade Commission more authority to police the practice. "We are focused in on a pro…

Too bad lawmakers must first experience the problem themselves, before they spring to action. I believe support for healthcare problems and modern-day solutions (such as s embryonic stem cell research) would benefit from showing more passion towards others.

> I believe support for healthcare problems and modern-day solutions (such as s embryonic stem cell research) would benefit from showing more passion towards others.

Opposition to embryonic stem-cell research is principally rooted in compassion towards others — specifically, the human embryos which are killed in such research.

Re: How e-commerce sites manipulate people into buying things

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Post by SippinLean » Sat, Jun 29, 2019, 10:20 PM UTC

jjulius wrote: post #92

SippinLean wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Strange that an NYT got facts about NYT wrong: * You don't have to "talk" with a CSR online, it's a chat window * You can cancel with an email to unsubscribe@nytimes.com * By disabling auto-renewal the subscription will automatically be canceled at the end of the subscription period

>You don't have to "talk" with a CSR online, it's a chat window You're just splitting hairs - you still have to have a conversation with someone, and the rep in the chat box makes it just as difficult as if you'd called in. When I canceled, the rep kept asking me if I was sure, reminded me multiple times what I would be missing out on if I went through with it, etc.. It took more than 5 minutes to get them to pull th…

That's a very poor user experience, I agree with much of what you said; I just wanted to add some facts I felt were missing.

Re: How e-commerce sites manipulate people into buying things

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Post by SippinLean » Sat, Jun 29, 2019, 11:07 PM UTC

hammock wrote: post #77

SippinLean wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Strange that an NYT got facts about NYT wrong: * You don't have to "talk" with a CSR online, it's a chat window * You can cancel with an email to unsubscribe@nytimes.com * By disabling auto-renewal the subscription will automatically be canceled at the end of the subscription period

>You don't have to "talk" with a CSR online, it's a chat window What do you consider talking online, if not chat?

I was vague. Talking, as in speaking into a phone, feels more laborious than talking as in typing in a chatbox to me. I more often refer to the latter as "chatting."