3 ms·
People know ads are trying to manipulate them, they don't know that Facebook is actively trying to make them feel happier or sadder. Just because two things are
by aroch 12y ago
People know ads are trying to manipulate them, they don't know that Facebook is actively trying to make them feel happier or sadder. Just because two things are similar does not make them morally equivalent.
People have been calling out various bad practices in conversion: http://darkpatterns.org/ http://darkpatterns.org/
- res0nat0r 12y agoEmotional manipulation happens every day in all kinds of fields other than advertising, I wouldn't refer to all of these as "dark patterns."
- kaoD 12y ago> Emotional manipulation happens every day in all kinds of fields other than advertising So it's not bad because everyone else does it?