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Ok you pick a name that conveys the full force of the dishonesty going on. How about "scumbag site technique". Or "Shyster Design" Or viciously dishonest inten
by harry8 6y ago
Ok you pick a name that conveys the full force of the dishonesty going on.
How about "scumbag site technique". Or "Shyster Design" Or viciously dishonest intent.
Arguing the semantics of whether it's /sometimes/ not actually fruadulent according to law or /sometimes/ not criminal because the law isn't there yet does not alter one itoa of the wild and deliberate dishonesty going on.
The intent is to deceive. Make excuses for it all you like knowing it doesn't change what this is but reveals something else.
So what is a beter name than "Dark Pattern" for this kind of intentionally dishonest and deceptive program?
I still vote criminal. I want the law to catch up with reality. if your corner store behaved like that they'd go to jail when caught for most of this vile crap.
- TheRealPomax 6y agoI'd rather stick with "dark pattern", which on its own literally means nothing (abstract notions don't have physical colors or brightness), and so can be safely assigned a specific meaning in a specific context without risk of ambiguity or even deception.
- harry8 6y agoHas the nuance of a choice of color-scheme. Needs to have the nuance of being a totally dick-move that should be utterly illegal and turn your stomach. But I guess a lot of people love those dark patterns for every silicon valley company to be using them. Probably grates to think of them for what they actually are.
- hunter2_ 6y agoSee also: https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-ncsc-to-stop-using-whitelist-and-blacklist-due-to-racial-stereotyping/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-ncsc-to-stop-using-whitelis...