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The website itself looks like the magazines you see at the supermarket when you're in line at the checkout counter. They're very attention catching but in a dif
by arjie 11y ago
The website itself looks like the magazines you see at the supermarket when you're in line at the checkout counter. They're very attention catching but in a different way from "What happened next will surprise you" things: "15-Minute Meditation Practice To Guarantee A Great Day", "Your Favorite Bathing Suit Style Reveals Everything About Your Personality", "100-Year-Old Sears House Gets A Modern Makeover".
I can see why they're successful, but have to say I was surprised by the $50 million revenue. Fascinating.
- increment_i 11y agoNot to mention the subtle social engineering I caught on my visit - a little mail icon on the navbar, made to look like I have (1) new message.
- shortformblog 11y agoThat's Digiday (which published the article), not Little Things, just an FYI.
- xufi 11y agoThat reminds me of that study that was done a while ago that showed how much information you can guess about people based om their FB posts http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/technology/facebook-tinkers-with-users-emotions-in-news-feed-experiment-stirring-outcry.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/technology/facebook-tinker...
- puranjay 11y agoWell, these little things matter when you want people to come back to your site :)
- morgante 11y agoWow, that's pretty abhorrent of Digiday. It's a true dark pattern. You have no mail there. Certainly not one message. They're blatantly lying to users in an attempt to get emails.
- chinathrow 11y agoDisqus has the same dark patterns, stealing traffic from their advertising base.