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> Twitter invents the “pull-to-refresh” UI gesture that leverages variable rewards to trigger addictive behavior as a way to increase user engagement with the t
by ch_sm 8y ago
> Twitter invents the “pull-to-refresh” UI gesture that leverages variable rewards to trigger addictive behavior as a way to increase user engagement with the timeline; Facebook invents the “red dot” notifications that keep people checking their phone for the next new thing.
two minor corrections:
1) pull-to-refresh was not invented by Twitter, but by Tweetie, a third-party Twitter client.
2) The "red dot" for notifications was not invented by Facebook, but most likely first appeared on Apple’s mail.app about 20 years ago in the first version of Mac OS X.
- sudouser 8y agothis is like going to a protest against abortion and talking about coffee cup design...
- lucideer 8y agoI don't think so. By citing these examples, the article is putting together a case for the narrative of Facebook/Twitter being primary drivers of the current overall system, inventing these malevolent features that enable and support this system. Rather than the alternative narrative of Facebook/Twitter being emergent "winners" in a diverse plethora of bad actors, all contributing to the system to varying degrees.
- baby 8y agohttps://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mailbox&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFvpiL_OTaAhUDQ8AKHdW-AVcQ_AUICygC&biw=1280&bih=681 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mailbox&source=lnms&tbm=is...
- talmand 8y agoIndication of receiving mail "with a computer". Yep, checks out. Patent granted to new invention never thought of before.
- 0xADADA 8y agothanks, i'll make these updates.
- dredmorbius 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbiff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbiff