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I mean… it's pretty transparently intended to make the adverts less obvious still, isn't it? The giveaway for me was that when I saw this headline I got the sa
by matthewmacleod 7y ago
I mean… it's pretty transparently intended to make the adverts less obvious still, isn't it?
The giveaway for me was that when I saw this headline I got the same feeling I did when my bank sends me a "good news about your interest rate" email – everything's about to get a bit worse and there's nothing to do about it.
- 0815test 7y agoOf course, the inherent flip side of making the adverts less obvious is making the content even less obvious still. They've slowly A/B tested their way into using what are basically dark patterns that will be tricking users into clicking stuff they didn't mean to. This won't go well.
- la_barba 7y agoThey also reward click-bait material with more ad-revenue making it more likely that people produce such content.
- Deimorz 7y agoI've always liked this comic: http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2017/12/07/improvements/ http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2017/12/07/improvements/ > In our quest to improve the service for you, the user, we're making it worse. > It was great before. It's going to be terrible now, but you're going to love the changes. > We asked our investors and they said you're very excited about it being less good, which is great news for you.