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We call that a dark pattern.
by travoc 5y ago
We call that a dark pattern.
- capableweb 5y agoNo, a dark pattern (at least in terms of UX) is when you intentionally mislead someone in order to gain something. The purpose of shadow banning is to make it less obvious to the spammer that they triggered the spam filter, so they get less signals to work around. Same as websites who, instead of blocking access to (computer) users they think are scrapers, change slight details in pages like for prices and whatnot.