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My favorite deceptive pattern I encountered is "double click the checkbox to disable". Literally a checkbox but it wouldn't do anything. I got a little frustrat
by scotu 6y ago
My favorite deceptive pattern I encountered is "double click the checkbox to disable". Literally a checkbox but it wouldn't do anything. I got a little frustrated and started clicking furiously just to discover that a double click would reliably disable the items...
(I don't remember if this was on desktop or mobile, on mobile s/click/tap/g)
Also, I personally lean towards being in favor of GDPR and cookie law (wish there were some improvements though); I'd like to say it just because every opinion you find is "GDPR useless", "cookie law bad"
- Guest42 6y agoYes, seems as though those opinions are the loudest and perhaps it encourages the dissenters to stay quiet for fear of down-votes. Ive noticed that with certain viewpoints and have adjusted towards censoring myself a bit. The crowd seems bimodal but perhaps that's the nature of the conversations and the voting tool reinforces that.
- Bakary 6y agoMuch of the audience benefits from this sort of manipulation and tracking, so it's normal they would be hostile to any cookie law
- TeMPOraL 6y agoDepends on the timezone, perhaps. I hail from the EU, post mostly during EU wake hours, and often comment in favor of GDPR, and I very rarely if ever get negative karma on those comments.
- Guest42 6y agoGlad to hear. I am grateful for GDPR because I feel that it is an important step in the right direction.
- fy20 6y agoSuch dark patterns are not allowed under GDPR, which says it must be opt-in, not opt-out.
- TazeTSchnitzel 6y agoFacebook et al would really like you to believe GDPR is useless and purely a waste of your time.