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It certainly is often fake. I've spotted it hardcoded in some page's javascript

by dkarp 6y ago

19h 6y ago
Example: https://beeketing.com/ https://beeketing.com/ (Google & 500 invested into it) It literally loads static images: https://beeketing.com/bundles/bkcore/sources/images/notification/home_beeketing/7.png https://beeketing.com/bundles/bkcore/sources/images/notifica... (replace 7 with numbers from 1 ... 7) And that platform is listed as the most used platform for "social proof" notifications on this princeton site: https://webtransparency.cs.princeton.edu/dark-patterns/ https://webtransparency.cs.princeton.edu/dark-patterns/
- mlyle 6y ago
  The Beeketing social proof stuff seems to be synchronized to actual realtime sales-- e.g. https://support.beeketing.com/support/solutions/articles/24000029268-why-my-orders-cannot-be-synced-with-sales-pop- https://support.beeketing.com/support/solutions/articles/240... https://support.beeketing.com/support/solutions/articles/24000023513-how-to-hide-a-customer-s-name-on-sales-pop-notification- https://support.beeketing.com/support/solutions/articles/240... Though they do suggest lying with {random_time_ago}... Shopify will only approve social proof plugins that use real data. edit: Indeed, I've confirmed that it doesn't even serve static images, but instead JavaScript injects dynamic HTML based on polled events-- https://imgur.com/a/2S1YHhG https://imgur.com/a/2S1YHhG I suspect those images you have are samples in the user interface or documentation.
  - 19h 6y ago
    No, I right clicked the notification bottom left and “opened image in new tab”. The point you’re missing here is that I’m not talking about their product but the notifications on their very own website.
    - mlyle 6y ago
      Oh, those. I assume those are just supposed to be a demonstration of what they do-- though they should really be marked as an example/demonstration. It looks like some of the other series are clearly marked -- e.g. https://beeketing.com/bundles/bkcore/sources/images/notification/home_spop/2.png https://beeketing.com/bundles/bkcore/sources/images/notifica... --- but not those you found on the home page.

It certainly is often fake. I've spotted it hardcoded in some page's javascript

by dkarp 6y ago

It certainly is often fake. I've spotted it hardcoded in some page's javascript

19h 6y ago

Example: https://beeketing.com/ https://beeketing.com/ (Google & 500 invested into it) It literally loads static images: https://beeketing.com/bundles/bkcore/sources/images/notification/home_beeketing/7.png https://beeketing.com/bundles/bkcore/sources/images/notifica... (replace 7 with numbers from 1 ... 7) And that platform is listed as the most used platform for "social proof" notifications on this princeton site: https://webtransparency.cs.princeton.edu/dark-patterns/ https://webtransparency.cs.princeton.edu/dark-patterns/

mlyle 6y ago
The Beeketing social proof stuff seems to be synchronized to actual realtime sales-- e.g. https://support.beeketing.com/support/solutions/articles/24000029268-why-my-orders-cannot-be-synced-with-sales-pop- https://support.beeketing.com/support/solutions/articles/240... https://support.beeketing.com/support/solutions/articles/24000023513-how-to-hide-a-customer-s-name-on-sales-pop-notification- https://support.beeketing.com/support/solutions/articles/240... Though they do suggest lying with {random_time_ago}... Shopify will only approve social proof plugins that use real data. edit: Indeed, I've confirmed that it doesn't even serve static images, but instead JavaScript injects dynamic HTML based on polled events-- https://imgur.com/a/2S1YHhG https://imgur.com/a/2S1YHhG I suspect those images you have are samples in the user interface or documentation.
- 19h 6y ago
  No, I right clicked the notification bottom left and “opened image in new tab”. The point you’re missing here is that I’m not talking about their product but the notifications on their very own website.
  - mlyle 6y ago
    Oh, those. I assume those are just supposed to be a demonstration of what they do-- though they should really be marked as an example/demonstration. It looks like some of the other series are clearly marked -- e.g. https://beeketing.com/bundles/bkcore/sources/images/notification/home_spop/2.png https://beeketing.com/bundles/bkcore/sources/images/notifica... --- but not those you found on the home page.