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Google is not alone in using dark patterns -- Facebook got tons of growth by using dark patterns around privacy. Google is copying that strategy a few years to
by grandalf 13y ago
Google is not alone in using dark patterns -- Facebook got tons of growth by using dark patterns around privacy. Google is copying that strategy a few years too late. The age-groups that are leaving Facebook are doing so b/c they understand the dark pattern maze for what it is and don't want to deal with it.
- Estragon 13y agoIt'd be interesting to read survey statistics on who's leaving FB and why. Is there anything like that out there?
- 27182818284 13y agoNobody leaves Facebook, it is just used differently. That's a big detail that only a few articles seem to get correct. Kids are still on Facebook, with grandma and mom and dad, but they also have a Tumblr account.
- grandalf 13y ago>Kids are still on Facebook, with grandma and mom and dad As such the value of the young peoples' engagement puts FB on par with an email service.