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acuity.design
As well as checking for standard scam stuff with mum's bank, checking her Apple subscriptions is important. Found YouTube Premium and a photo app subscriptions that she will have been tricked into taking out by #DeceptivePatterns
September 2, 2024 at 3:27 PM
yatil.social
Shite Patterns are shite.

#shitepatterns #deceptivepatterns
Marketing communication checkbox “If you do not want to receive marketing communication from us, please tick the box.” (do not is printed in bold) Preceding the checkbox there is a lot of text that is only there to hide the checkbox: “Taylor & Francis Group would also like to use your e-mail address to send you offers and information about related products and services that we think will be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving these messages at any time by clicking unsubscribe. You can find more information in our Privacy Policy.” (Privacy Policy is linked.)
July 13, 2024 at 9:55 AM
whitingx.bsky.social
‘In a new study, researchers found that ✨ #ChatGPT creates websites full of #DeceptivePatterns.’

www.fastcompany.com/91233844/cha...
ChatGPT was tasked with designing a website. The result was as manipulative as you'd expect
In a new study, researchers found that ChatGPT creates websites full of deceptive patterns.
www.fastcompany.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:07 PM
uxpatterns.bsky.social
Users refreshing my LinkedIn for the 10th time because of that red dot.
The focus may be to increase pageviews/repeated visits from users logging in to dismiss the notification icon. Assuming that's good for the product, but bad for accessibility.
#deceptivepatterns #badux #neurodivergent
Screenshot of a web browser tab showing the blue LinkedIn favicon, with a small red dot used as a notification icon. Text reads : Feed | LinkedIn
July 20, 2024 at 10:35 PM
birdux.bsky.social
Mehr zum Thema Deceptive Patterns gibt es direkt hier auf Bluesky 🦋 @deceptive.design
#DeceptivePatterns
June 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
stribs.bsky.social
YouTube with the oddly blunt confirm-shaming.
#deceptivepatterns #UX
YouTube module advertising Premium says "Don't let ad interrupt your picnic. Try to months of Premium and enjoy ad-free videos, curated playlists & more." The response CTAs read "No, I want ads" and "2-month trial" respectively. The latter CTA is designed as the primary one.
May 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM
cakedesignstudio.bsky.social
Over 200 slides on #DeceptivePatterns, generously shared by book of the same name’s author Harry Brignull. #UCD #Digital #Design
www.deceptive.design
April 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
birdux.bsky.social
The EU Digital Services Act now bans manipulative design patterns—ushering in a new standard for ethical UX. Discover why we see this as an opportunity for trust and innovation in our latest blog: birdux.studio/en/deceptive-patterns-dsa/
#DeceptivePatterns #DSA #UXDesign #DarkPatterns
Large bold black and pink text on a light grey background with a subtle repeating pattern of clouds and lightning bolts. The text reads: “A QUESTION FROM BIRD”, with the word “BIRD” in bold pink letters. A mint green background with a bold black outline of a shooting star in the top right. The text in the bottom left corner reads: “ARE YOU HELPING USERS MAKE INFORMED, AUTONOMOUS CHOICES…” in black capital letters. A bright red background with a white outlined shooting comet in the bottom left. White bold text in the top right reads: “OR ARE YOU NUDGING THEM TOWARDS DECISIONS THAT SERVE THE BUSINESS MODEL?” Large bold black text on a light grey background with a subtle repeating pattern of clouds and lightning bolts. The text reads: “READ?”. Below the text a digital interface showing two large, rounded buttons: a mint green "NO" button and a red "OK" button.
July 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
fmacneill.bsky.social
While I appreciate the motivational data visualisation @justgiving.bsky.social the implied sum in this visualisation is driving me wild!

#DeceptivePatterns #BadDataVizForGood? #DataViz #UX #ContentDesign
A basic horizontal barchart type visualiation is shown - as a screenshot from a Just Giving email. The number on the left lower end of the bar is £180 the number on the right, the upper end of the bar is £500. The bar gauge is shown exactly halfway between £180 and £500, implying that £180 is half of £500. £250 is half of £500, so this is really deceptive UX although being used for a good motivational cause.
March 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
uxpatterns.bsky.social
Google Workspace makes it tricky to upgrade the current plan. They have a big blue button for "Review Pricing Details," but hide the "Stay on Current Plan" option in plain text. The assumption here is that this text, which functions as a button, will be missed by users. #deceptivepatterns #badux
A screenshot of a payment plan details page on a website. The page shows a comparison of a flexible plan and an annual plan. The flexible plan allows you to pay monthly for the number of user accounts you have in that month. The annual plan offers a fixed price per license and requires a minimum one-year contract. There is a blue primary button at the bottom of the screenshot that reads "Review Pricing Details" and a line of text that reads "Stay on Current Plan", that subtly behaves like a button.
July 20, 2024 at 10:54 PM
ox.ca
I am disappointed with the #DeceptivePatterns which subscription based businesses often use. Just got off the phone with #VirginMobile where I cancelled my Internet in May. Least I thought I did...

Forcing users to start or cancel contracts over the phone puts all the power with the vendor.
December 26, 2024 at 4:43 PM
davdittrich.economicscience.net
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/24/membership-subscription-economy-business-model

via https://masto.design/@deceptivepatterns/111475877544784351 2/2
www.axios.com
March 6, 2024 at 4:30 PM
impactmedia.bsky.social
Learn about the manipulative web design techniques known as Dark Patterns, and why they should be avoided.

#darkux #darkpatterns #deceptivepatterns #ux #webdesign #webdevelopment

www.impactmedia.co.uk/insights/bew...
May 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
ssg.dev
#eventbrite refuses to add an event to my calendar without having read access to all of my calendar entries. needless to say, it doesn’t need such a broad permission only to add an event. #ux #uxfail #deceptivepatterns
May 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
ziurby.bsky.social
Astonished by the rise of deceptive patterns.

Too many unethical products.

Too many unethical designers.

#ethics #design #products #AI #deceptivepatterns
December 14, 2024 at 12:49 PM
toddl.dev
Exactly the type of DeceptivePatterns I’ll be talking about at MagnoliaConf and what I’ve been working on for the past 6 years. I’m hoping to get this adopted into WCAG 3 in our Avoid Deception guideline.
October 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
drupalthoughts.bsky.social
I logged back into #pinterest recently after reading about how it's gaining popularity again. Check out how the push and email notification toggles are all hidden behind accordions 🙀 #darkpattern #darkpatterns #DeceptivePatterns #deceptivepattern
June 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
deceptive.design
Hey folks, I'd really prefer to be using a different social media platform, but finding it hard to give up old habits.

If you're on mastodon, please say hello!

https://masto.design/@deceptivepatterns
March 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
stribs.bsky.social
Making the user complete a puzzle to unsubscribe from your spam is bad enough from a UX perspective. But a puzzle with terrible accessibility (contrast issues), to boot? Remarkable! #deceptivepatterns #uxdesign
June 23, 2023 at 6:37 PM
rwth.bsky.social
#DeceptivePatterns: Professor Jan Borchers, Leiter des RWTH-Lehrstuhls für Medieninformatik und Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, und seine Studierenden entwickeln Strategien gegen Online-Fallen. 👍

➡️ www.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/bndbvt

#Internet #online #spam #fake
May 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
birdux.bsky.social
Der Digital Services Act der EU sagt endlich Dark Patterns den Kampf an. Doch wo endet gutes UX – und wo beginnt Manipulation? Unsere Gedanken zur Grauzone zwischen Design und Verantwortung → birdux.studio/deceptive-pa...
#DeceptivePatterns #DSA #UXDesign #DarkPatterns
Was sind Deceptive Patterns? UX & DSA einfach erklärt | BIRD UX
Deceptive Patterns, auch Dark Patterns genannt, sind durch den Digital Services Act in der EU reguliert. Was das für UX-Design bedeutet, erfährst du hier.
birdux.studio
July 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
eurydice13.bsky.social
Finally managed to cancel. And noticed its offer of « three months for price of two » was actually two months. And. It had JUST rebilled me at full price yesterday without warning, or post-facto notification. Of course. #DeceptivePatterns
February 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
impactmedia.bsky.social
Learn about the manipulative web design techniques known as Dark Patterns, and why they should be avoided.

#darkux #darkpatterns #deceptivepatterns #ux #webdesign #webdevelopment

www.impactmedia.co.uk/insights/bew...
October 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
eurydice13.bsky.social
Requested desktop site in Chrome. Told Chrome is not supported. And I should use Chrome.
Linked in REALLY doesn’t want anyone cancelling their over-priced premium subscriptions. Had I not looked at @monzo.com I would not know it’s about to renew at full price. #DeceptivePatterns much??
February 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
mgifford.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I am disappointed with the #DeceptivePatterns which subscription based businesses often use. Just got off the phone with #virginmobile where I cancelled my Internet in May. Least I thought I did...

Forcing users to start or cancel contracts over the phone puts all the power with the vendor. I […]
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December 26, 2024 at 4:46 PM