#UX pattern

[astertimberwolf]

It's worse. It's so much worse than I wrote in my AI paper- worse than anyone could have ever anticipated...

... At this rate if we keep worshipping capitalism and profit, the human lives behind 95% of the creative industry are going to get flushed down the toilet.

AI will replace actors, actresses, film makers / producters, illustrators, animators (essentially, entire production studios), marketing teams, people working in advertisement, photography, video editors, 3D artists, musicians...

... What will be left? Influencers? Not even that. YouTubers are also going to disappear, according to what Google has just released in terms of AI... and Zucky dearest (Mark Zuckerberg) already said he will implement AI social media profiles.

...

We might be looking at the death of the Internet as we know it.

Will switching to VR save us? Or will that get invaded by the AI dystopia as well?

... man. I really tried to have a positive outlook on the future but THIS. Changes. EVERYTHING.

I tried to warn people through my honors project... Tried spreading the word about how much big tech has already eroded so many of our human rights (starting with our right to privacy). People didn't react because it was slow enough- and ingeniously advertized as "free convenient services". The frog was set in warm water and only after 20 years it started boiling. Nobody read the Terms of Service. Everyone just pressed "Accept" without thinking twice. Captcha trained AI every time we clicked on a motorcycle or set of stairs. But everyone was all-too-happy to have a "free" Google or Microsoft account- or rejoice in their "freedom of expression" on Twitter or whatever other toxic, data-harvesting social media platform. Facebook manipulated people and persuaded them into voting for Trump in 2016 and then washed their hands clean by letting the blame fall on Cambridge Analytica. Algorithms construct psychological profiles from our online activities and monitor our preferences- feeding us extremely tailored content that we consume mindlessly... or show us bespoke items that we buy compulsively... and very few if any people at all question how that stuff reached them in the first place.

I have been awake for a long time- and I have little hope when it comes to any of this ever reaching other people anymore...

... It feels like a futile attempt to stop- or change the direction of our future.

The future is already here.

That's how fast things are going. That's why some people are finally noticing how f*cked we are.

It's easy to live in denial and dismiss the reality we live in, as well as anyone speaking out as a "paranoid catastrophist" or "conspiracy theorist". You can spend hours researching how deep things go and have literally no one listen to you when you try to warn other people... Why? Because the most popular social media platforms have integrared dark UX patterns so deeply in their systems that they killed critical thinking. They are literally MEANT to dumb you down- to destroy people's attention span, to divide and pit people against each other. It's by design... Meshed into the very fabric of how they work: by imposing very restricting character limits per post- by feeding you content that upsets you or makes you hate a group of people that is the exact opposite of your ideals and who you are. It's all documented. People have made documentaries and informative videos about it... Yet there is such an apathetic or negative, defeatist attitude lingering... "it's all out of my hands", "I can't change anything anyways so might as well accept it". You want to accept the looming death of the entire creative industry, just like that? -now that AI isn't being regulated fast enough? How about getting your ass up to go outside with a group of creatives and become part of a demonstration? What about protesting in front of government buildings?? Or demanding legislations be made to contain this technology?! Especially if you live in a big city... Rally. Don't just sit there and let it all happen.

Maybe hearing this come from a nobody on the internet with hardly any followers isn't what you pictured in your head when you thought of someone trying to rally a resistance movement. Maybe you don't agree with who I am, my past, my taste in music- art- shows- fanfiction or whatnot- but God damn. When has something like that ever stopped you from relating to a person, who is just as upset as you are to see it all go up in flames?

I am not going to shut up and I don't f*cking care if people call me crazy for it.

Fuck Google. Fuck Microsoft. Fuck Facebook, Meta, Instragram, Threads- and whatever other shit they want to rebrand themselves as- and shove down our throat. Fuck Twitter / X. Fuck the Ultra Rich & Elite. Fuck Trump. Fuck Elon Musk. Fuck Mark Zuckerberg- Fuck Amazon and that soulless piece of sh*t that puts profit over human lives- and is responsible for modern-day (wage-)slavery called Jeff Bezos... and most importantly, FUCK AI.

Fuck all of them and all of this crap (yes, this last paragraph will stay uncensored).

I've had enough- and I know that if you've made it this far into my rant / ramble, you are probably fed up as well and wanting to feel validated for feeling this way.

I'm not Greta Thunberg, nor am I Snowden- or Julian Assange... But God damn. I hope Anonymous replenishes its numbers and starts a mass, world-wide cyber attack on all major tech and AI companies. Something needs to desperately change if we don't want to live in the Black Mirror version of Cyberpunk. Hold them by the balls. Hit them where it hurts. Shut down their data centers. Freeze their assets.

Rise. Rebel. Resist.

[poulpystudio]

DOES TUMBLR HAVE DARK PATTERNS ?

So I am using tumblr for a UX test and I need to find dark patterns. I haven't found any yet but but did you ?

If you don't know what's a dark pattern you can look here.

Screenshots are more than welcome !

[hoarderofliterature]

y'all should check out what deceptive design is!

it's ux design that's made to trick users into agreeing to things, usually signing up for something, or inputting their card details. it's also called a dark pattern.

for example:

- not giving an option to exit out of a box, or the x is hidden away in a corner

- a free trial that doesn't notify you when it ends

- forcing you to sign up for emails to access an article

- or, inputting your email and the tiny text signs you up for emails without you knowing

- hiding pricing between phone plans

- hiding pricing in general, or placing the most expensive option first

- a box to accept cookies on a website that doesn't put the reject all button next to it

- or, you have to navigate away from the webpage to reject the cookies, discouraging the user from rejecting them

- adding things to your cart without asking, like a warranty

"maybe later" is also deceptive. it's not a hard NO, and it never will be, not as long as companies want your money and data. keep an eye out for these kinds of sites!

I'm fed up with "maybe later".

[zeruch]

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[goodoldbandit]

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[carlossilva-uxdesigner]

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[agiledock]

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[feathersofwares]

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[shrwn]

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This is one of the most elaborate management I’ve seen 😮 (via The Economist)

[arbitrary-fascinations]

Can we just talk about how dogshit the UX for comments in the Android YouTube app is? When you tap on a comment, including a long one that has been collapsed, the default action is to start a reply. This is insane. It is far more likely that I'll want to expand a long comment than that I'll want to reply to a comment. It's the YouTube comments, after all. But the "Read more" text you have to hit to actually expand it is a tiny target and very easy to miss.

What's more, once you're jolted into the reply mode and the unexpected appearance of the keyboard, the standard "back" gesture (swiping in from the side of the phone) is often misinterpreted as swipe typing, which means that by the time you manage to dismiss the reply, it hits you with an additional dialog since you "entered text." So boom, yet another button to hit before I can get back to attempting to expand the original comment.

My guess is that this is yet another example of intentional awful UX because their goal isn't good UX, it's more comments.

[onlinepersona-6278198033]

Assignment #1: Dark Design Patterns

Proposition: Virtually all marketing strategies seek to take advantage of human psychology.  "Dark Patterns" in web and software designs are no different and need no regulation.

In the TEDx Talks video titled "Dark Patterns: How design seeks to control us," designer Sally Woellner shines light onto Dark Patterns, a UX Design term which blankets UX design strategies that 'manipulate' its users into doing the desired actions.

As a part of a generation whose life is nearly impossible to be separated from the digital and online world, I find that the dark patterns strategy is not talked about enough. Though it can be argued that choices made online are ultimately within the scope of the users’ responsibilities, dark patterns are specifically utilized to affect people subconsciously or even unconsciously. With this in mind, I realized that a common user who is unaware of marketing schemes might not even think that the ‘choices’ given to them online have been manipulated and were designed to serve a different and veiled purpose. I would argue then that dark patterns target users’ involuntary un-awareness.

Woellner reveals that there are 4 types of dark patterns: confirmshaming; misdirection; trick question; and privacy zuckering. A post made by @NCResq on X shows an example of confirmshaming, a dark pattern strategy which aims to trigger the feelings of guilt and/or shame. This user reveals that the app Indigo provides the options for its users to either opt out of the travel insurance package or to take it. However, the checkbox to opt out says “no, I will take risk,” while the button to take the travel insurance, not only is designed as a commonly-recognizable option button, but also says “yes, secure my trip.” The language used in these two options are suggestive as one displays a consequence while the other provides an assurance of their safety. A previously assured user who probably has never needed a travel insurance before might now think twice or even become convinced that they would need it after all.

While subconscious manipulation has been a marketing strategy for so long, I have come to realize thar dark patterns are different in a way that they are more advanced. This is due to the involvement and interactive aspects of the situation that the user is already in the headspace to make some sort of action one way or another. Furthermore, the fact that dark patterns are executed specifically through design paves a way for these suggestions to become more subtle through placement, colour, language, etc. Hence I would argue that there should at least be a regulation focusing on transparency.

[marketxcel]

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[codertrend]

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[designaday]

Blatant Lies

Ever since Flikr was acquired by SmugMug, they've been trying to increase their ad revenue. They are jamming ads into the site everywhere they can think of. They've been inserting rows of sponsored images from iStock in the search results. You get a few rows of photos from Flickr, then a row from iStock, then a few more from Flickr and so on. They don't even follow a regular pattern, so you can't really ignore them as you scroll. This is most unhelpful when searching for creative commons photos for free use, as my eyes get drawn just as easily to the stock photos.

They've even been adding unnecessary UI bits for the express purpose of getting more ad impressions. For example, it used to be that when you clicked to download a photo, it just downloaded immediately. Now, you get this popup.

It says "Preparing your download" with a little progress indicator, but they aren't preparing anything. They just want to show you that ad on left for a few seconds before the file downloads. I know they need to make money, but I'd rather they just be honest about it.