> A tiny blurb along the lines of "I’d like to add you to LinkedIn network." for a long time, there were dark patterns in the account creation flow that tricke

> A tiny blurb along the lines of "I’d like to add you to LinkedIn network." for a long time, there were dark patterns in the account creation flow that tricked users into importing their address book and mass-emailing invitations to join linked-in. the UX made it seem like you were just sending a request to connect with someone who is already on the service. sounds like this tiny blurb was the seed that sprouted the account creation dark patterns.