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My two takes from this article are: 1. The author does a good job in explaining why certain, very concrete, pieces of UI implementation make the UI "dark" 2.
by unwind 3y ago
My two takes from this article are:
1. The author does a good job in explaining why certain, very concrete, pieces of UI implementation make the UI "dark"
2. The content doesn't match the title at all, there is no analysis or discussion about why dark UX would have some kind of problem "in the long run", which ... kind of makes the title (to me) a bit click-baity, which I guess is also a dark UX pattern? These are confusing times.
Edit: blank line for better numbering UX.
- ctenb 3y ago> Perhaps some of these dark UX patterns work in the short term. Maybe you get a couple extra email signups or some paid memberships. But longer term, I have to imagine this catches up with you It's at least mentioned. I think this article is meant as a thought, not a thorough analytic study.
- unwind 3y agoAh, thanks I clearly read poorly. Good to know that was at least in there, that reigns in my cynicism somewhat. :)
- laurent123456 3y agoNot really, there's a lot of "perhaps" and "maybe" in those sentences unlike in the title. And indeed there's no reason to think dark UX patterns do not work in the long run - Google, Microsoft, Facebook and many more have been doing that for decades and there's still around and striving.
- f1shy 3y agoAmazon!
- BobaFloutist 3y ago"I have to imagine" is much softer language than "doesn't work" though...