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> a strong anti-facebook bias I can tell you from own experience that Facebook's dark patterns are incredibly frustrating at best, and at worst come off as mal
by Morizero 7y ago
> a strong anti-facebook bias
I can tell you from own experience that Facebook's dark patterns are incredibly frustrating at best, and at worst come off as malicious to the end-user.
For example, I refuse to download the Facebook app. When using the mobile website, it often shows me as having new messages. Clicking the notification then redirects me to download the app. Requesting the desktop site, however, shows no notifications and has no redirect.
How am I supposed to trust a company that puts me through that? Is it a bias when they actually lie to me almost daily?
- csomar 7y agoNo, I think you misunderstood the notifications. I did at first. Basically Facebook shows you when someone read your messages. This shows up as a notification in messenger mobile but not in the web version. There are others too but I don’t remember the exact circumstances.
- objectivetruth 7y agoNo, I think you misunderstood the parent because I've encountered the pattern EXACTLY as he described it. I have one device that I use for insecure stuff like FB Messenger and I have to go use it whenever I want to see new messages and I don't have access to a desktop.
- Morizero 7y agoYou're just strengthening my point - if I'm misunderstanding something, it's because Facebook has deliberately chosen to make it difficult to understand. That's further reinforced by the fact that they have an incentive to do so - increasing app installs.