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That's not even the darkest dark pattern on NextDoor When you try and switch your newsfeed to "recent posts only" they show a toast notification "Your selectio

That's not even the darkest dark pattern on NextDoor When you try and switch your newsfeed to "recent posts only" they show a toast notification "Your selection expires in 60 days" https://imgur.com/1fZpleg https://imgur.com/1fZpleg Presumably because they've found they can drive more engagement by recycling old controversial posts. They are true innovators in dark patterns.

macNchz 3y ago
Twitter started doing that at some point 5-6 years ago, after they introduced the algorithmic alternative to the chronological feed. Super annoying. https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/cttl73/twitter_automatically_switches_your_timeline_back/ https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/cttl73/twitt...
OkGoDoIt 3y ago
Instagram does something similar with suggested posts. Every time I see suggested content in my feed, I click the extra settings and tell it to “snooze suggested content for 30 days”. There’s no option to turn it off entirely, but there’s an option to disable it for 30 days. they know some people don’t want it but they really really want to shove it down your throat.
- Full_Clark 3y ago
  I activated that 30-day snooze for months in a row. I no longer even have that option. Others I've showed it to still have it, so either I'm part of an A/B test, or I exceeded my fiscal year allowance of browsing my actual follows without algorithmic fluff interposing. Joke's on them, I set a 15-min daily limit on the app and spend my time elsewhere.
- nerdponx 3y ago
  They probably did some user studies and found out that even users who disable it end up scrolling more when it is enabled. The only way to win is to not play.
- Nursie 3y ago
  I’d take that over facebook’s insistence that you can only turn off individual suggestions. There appears to be no way to turn off all of them, even for a little while.
solardev 3y ago
yuckety yuck yuck, what a crappy app :(

macNchz 3y ago

Twitter started doing that at some point 5-6 years ago, after they introduced the algorithmic alternative to the chronological feed. Super annoying. https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/cttl73/twitter_automatically_switches_your_timeline_back/ https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/comments/cttl73/twitt...

OkGoDoIt 3y ago

Instagram does something similar with suggested posts. Every time I see suggested content in my feed, I click the extra settings and tell it to “snooze suggested content for 30 days”. There’s no option to turn it off entirely, but there’s an option to disable it for 30 days. they know some people don’t want it but they really really want to shove it down your throat.

Full_Clark 3y ago
I activated that 30-day snooze for months in a row. I no longer even have that option. Others I've showed it to still have it, so either I'm part of an A/B test, or I exceeded my fiscal year allowance of browsing my actual follows without algorithmic fluff interposing. Joke's on them, I set a 15-min daily limit on the app and spend my time elsewhere.
nerdponx 3y ago
They probably did some user studies and found out that even users who disable it end up scrolling more when it is enabled. The only way to win is to not play.
Nursie 3y ago
I’d take that over facebook’s insistence that you can only turn off individual suggestions. There appears to be no way to turn off all of them, even for a little while.

solardev 3y ago

yuckety yuck yuck, what a crappy app :(