The 'Fuck You' Pattern
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The 'Fuck You' Pattern
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#2The inability to scroll is from a body-level element that has `overflow: hidden` set. Set that to visible and you should be able to scroll
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#3Another fuck you pattern from Instagram is hiding the keyboard when you go to search for a user to encourage you to get distracted and tap on a suggestion rather than what you were searching for. You have to tap search three times to actually see the keyboard. It has to be intentional because it's been happening for years.
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#4Q: But what about the unauthenticated existing users we might alienate?
A: There’s no way to gather data on that so it’s not a thing.
This is the problem with “data driven” decision making in a nutshell. It has annoyed me to no end at every company I’ve worked for.
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#5Reddit is full of these patterns in order to drive users from mobile web to app. Reddit mobile web really sets the bar for user-hostile UI in my opinion.
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#6Q: But what about the unauthenticated existing users we might alienate? A: There’s no way to gather data on that so it’s not a thing. This is the problem with “data driven” decision making in a nutshell. It has annoyed me to no end at every company I’ve worked for.
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#7Pinterest is another one that exhibits this pattern. Infuriating.
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#8Ah ah ! I had the exact same issue with an Instagram account I wanted to see because it was mentioned in some newspaper.
I have no problem with private content but here it’s not even that : the content is shown then hidden.
Of course it’s their site, their rules. But it says a lot about the engineering of frustration and the respect they show to potential users.
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#9Reddit is full of these patterns in order to drive users from mobile web to app. Reddit mobile web really sets the bar for user-hostile UI in my opinion.
What I don’t understand is why Reddit wants us to use the app so badly. Is it just for ads? Is it data collection?
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#10Reddit is full of these patterns in order to drive users from mobile web to app. Reddit mobile web really sets the bar for user-hostile UI in my opinion.
Microsoft Windows is even worse.
Constant disruptive updates, forcing you to make an account during install, ads in the start menu, that creepy "Cortana" process that you can't kill...