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I'm going to give you the choice of being stabbed or punched. It would be morally presumptuous on my part to assume you don't actually enjoy the choice you have

• fleitz 9y ago
  I'd take being punched, easy choice. Removing a cancel button or publishing a listicle is hardly a false dichotomy, you can close the app, you can not click on it. Users love anti-patterns which is why they frequent businesses that engage in them, rather than choose another business that doesn't. I had your inclinations too when I started making them, I protested that this would lead to various bad outcomes which didn't happen. None, zero, nada. Sign ups went up, traffic went up, etc.
  • razakel 9y ago
    People don't necessarily do things because they like them or want to. Addiction is a thing.
  • sizzle 9y ago
    "Users love anti-patterns which is why they frequent businesses that engage in them, rather than choose another business that doesn't. " Dude have you ever considered the plethora of other reasons users may choose a platform/service with 'dark pattern' over others, such as that platform/service being more feature rich or having a greater utility to that user? You are deluding yourself thinking your anti-patterns make a difference in the end. Sure signups may go up, but user engagement will surely drop off if the experience is crap or hostile after onboarding. Your sign up flow is just one small portion of a user's journey in your platform/app.
  • deadmetheny 9y ago
    I cannot wait until the tech bubble bursts and people like you are living on the streets.