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> We need a better term than "dark pattern." * Lying pattern * Soft fraud * Deception pattern * Theft pattern * Misdirection * Illusion fraud * Bait and
by austincheney 6y ago
> We need a better term than "dark pattern."
* Lying pattern
* Soft fraud
* Deception pattern
* Theft pattern
* Misdirection
* Illusion fraud
* Bait and switch
- TeMPOraL 6y agoLet's call it Racket UI, and the practice UI Racketeering. I mean, they get to say that infringing on intellectual property is piracy. From Wikipedia[0]: > However, according to the original and more specific definition, a racket or racketeering generally involves extortion or criminal coercion. Originally and often still specifically, a "racket" in this sense refers to an organized criminal act in which the perpetrators fraudulently offer a service that will not be put into effect, offer a service to solve a nonexistent problem, or offer a service that solves a problem that would not exist without the racket. Particularly, the potential problem may be caused by the same party that offers to solve it, but that fact may be concealed, with the specific intent to engender continual patronage for this party. It fits what they're doing with "dark patterns" much better than torrenting a movie fits armed robbery on high seas. -- [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeering
- sizzle 6y agoI think they need to clamp down on these sorts of things. We need to advocate for the common user who are susceptible to these exploits optimized for human brain trickery.