#dark-patterns

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KI Kirk Laughead

It’s For Your Own Good

How ordinary, legal, state-of-the-art business learned to make extraction feel like help — and why there may be no one to blame

Jul 12, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #enshittification #corporate-ethics #dark-patterns

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SH Shinesoftcorp

Dark Factory Pattern: How AI Is Building the Fully Autonomous Factory

Dark Factory Pattern: How AI Is Building the Fully Autonomous Factory of the Future

Jun 05, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #ai #dark #dark-patterns

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JA James Walsh · The Next Era Journal

How to Use ChatGPT to Fight Bogus Subscription Charges

Challenging manipulative subscription flows and dark UX patterns with AI.

May 31, 2026 · 5 min read · 50 claps #artificial-intelligence #consumer-protection #user-experience

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DE Designorate

UX Dark Patterns: How Design Manipulates Behaviour

Summary: UX dark patterns are design strategies that manipulate users into acting against their own interests and in favour of business…

May 30, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #design-thinking #ui-ux-design #interaction-design

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QU Quiet Draft

The Subtle Traps That Keep Us Paying for Subscriptions We Don’t Even Use

Mapping Dark Patterns and Practical Ways to Protect Your Money from Monthly Leaks

May 20, 2026 · 3 min read · 1 claps #subscription-economy #personal-finance #dark-patterns

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IL Illuminati Ganga Agent 86 · luminasticity

More Stupid Medium Stats Tricks

I’ve written before about how Medium stats are just obviously broken in some way, that the stats are not useful for finding anything out…

May 20, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps paywalled #medium-stats #ui #statistics

LE lenguaje natural

Liverpool me mintió: cómo un dark pattern me costó 15 mil pesos

Cuando una promesa falsa en una tienda en línea es diseño intencional, no un error.

Apr 30, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #ux #ui #dark-patterns

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NI Nikita Shevchenko

Why ChatGPT Makes More Money When You Don’t Know How to Use It

If you look at the average $20/month subscriber to language models, this is a person who rarely switches to reasoning models, doesn’t use…

Apr 11, 2026 · 1 min read · 4 claps paywalled #ai #chatgpt #dark-patterns

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KR KreativePS

Dark Patterns 2.0: How to Recognize and Redesign Them

Dark patterns didn’t disappear. They evolved.

Apr 08, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #dark-patterns #ux-research #ux-ethics

SA Savio Araujo · Prototypr

Adobe’s Escape Room

How a creative tools company turned cancellation into a four-step hostage negotiation, but I feel like just another “someone” to write…

Apr 01, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #adobe #dark-patterns #cancellations

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RO Roshani Ayu Pranasti

Don’t Let Good Design Fool You | UX Rewind ep. 2

Did you know that good design doesn’t always mean good UX? I used to feel completely overwhelmed when booking a hotel or shopping online…

Mar 09, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #dark-patterns #agoda #shopee

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KA Kamlesh Hanswal

Dark patterns in UX design: #1 False urgency

Have you ever felt pressured to make a purchase because a website warned, “Only 2 items left!” or “Offer ends in 10 minutes”? That sense…

Feb 21, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #dark-patterns #ux-dark-patterns #false-urgency

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ZA Zahra H.A.Beigi

How to Design Transparent Data Protection Experiences

One of the most unpleasant experiences I have every time I open a website is deciding how to react to the data protection messages.  My…

Jan 05, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #dark-patterns #bad-ux #bad-ux-design

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MA Manuela Frenzel, unabhängige Publizistin.

Vom Test zum teuren Abo ohne Zustimmung

“Es war doch nur ein Test.“

Jan 04, 2026 · 1 min read · 230 claps #ai-video #dark-patterns #verbraucherschutz

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AL Alina Bezchotnikova

If It Can Be Misused, It Will Be Misused. The Role of AI and UX in Price Surveillance

I have a small passion project called Eira that is meant to help people save money. At least that’s how it started. Doing my own research…

Dec 28, 2025 · 12 min read · 20 claps #ux #dark-patterns #algorithmic-pricing

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KA Kamlesh Hanswal

Dark patterns in UX design with example

You often hear stories of people being tricked in markets or by individuals. But have you ever heard stories of people being tricked by…

Dec 22, 2025 · 5 min read · 0 claps #dark-patterns #ux-dark-patterns #deceptive-design

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FR Fred Showker · FacebookEye

Yet another dark pattern discovered on Facebook? Reporting?

What do you think happened here? We clicked to report a post, basically an ad, that was questionable, obviously clickbait, and obviously a…

Dec 20, 2025 · 1 min read · 0 claps #facebook #fake-news #cybersecurity

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HI Hilda Hadan · ACM CSCW Blog

Hidden Ways Virtual Reality Apps Get You to Share More Data Than You Realize

How popular VR apps exploit psychological and cognitive biases to compromise user privacy, and why it matters for headset owners…

Sep 30, 2025 · 4 min read · 0 claps #deceptive-design #dark-patterns #ux-dark-patterns

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DH Dharmik Ambaliya · AddWeb Digital

Dark UX: The Manipulative Design Tricks Companies Use Against You

"Dark UX works because it targets System 1 thinking — our fast, automatic responses.”  — Nir Eyal, author of Hooked

Jul 11, 2025 · 3 min read · 450 claps #dark-patterns #ethical-design #ux-design

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KI kit_carmelite

Response to The “dark patterns” in your favorite apps that keep you hooked

Featured in The Medium Blog

Jul 05, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #dark-ux #dark-patterns #ux

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DI Dino Peng · 設計丸物製

我們正在設計一個讓人戒不掉的世界：暗黑設計模式的真相

UX 不再只是設計「好用」的體驗，而是設計「捨不得關掉」的依賴感；不只是來自介面清晰、流程順暢，是透過一連串細膩的心理操作堆疊而成。通知紅點喚起你的焦慮，無限捲動的時間軸打破任務邊界，延遲顯示讚數創造期待落差，諸多細節促使你重複打開 App，留在平台裡，直到無法抽身。

Jun 04, 2025 · 8 min read · 0 claps #ux #暗黑設計模式 #dark-patterns

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HA Harsh Baghre

Dark Patterns: The Subtle Tricks That Are Playing You Without You Knowing

It started with a coffee I never meant to order, I was running late, half-distracted, trying to reorder dinner from a food delivery app…

May 25, 2025 · 7 min read · 0 claps #deceptive-design #dark-patterns-examples #ux-dark-patterns

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ME #metaleadership (Michael Stattelman)

Engineered “Crowd Chaos” is tainting A.I.: The REAL data problem.

For millennia, human societies organised themselves around shared stories, common gods, and collective rituals. These narratives, for…

May 25, 2025 · 4 min read · 72 claps #dark-patterns #microdata #crowd-chaos

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GA Gary

Deceptive by Design: Is Your Company Being Unethical?

In the fast-paced digital age, companies are constantly competing for our attention. The goal is simple: create seamless, user-friendly…

May 14, 2025 · 4 min read · 0 claps #deceptive-patterns #dark-patterns #ux

SA Sanjay K Mohindroo

DarDark Patterns: How They Work, How to Spot Them, and How to Stay Safe.

Sanjay K Mohindroo

Jan 29, 2025 · 4 min read · 0 claps #sanjay-k-mohindroo #dark-patterns #deceptive-design

EM Emre Koçyiğit

Dark Patterns — Deceptive Designs

I’ve been working on dark patterns, i.e., deceptive designs, in my PhD research since 2022. Dark patterns are everywhere, every day, yet…

Sep 25, 2024 · 5 min read · 0 claps #dark-patterns #ux-dark-patterns #deceptive-design

MA mahdieh ataei

Deceptive Design: How Dark Patterns Manipulate Your Online Choices

You must have come across these pages when buying a premium subscription, which prominently displays a low monthly price — perhaps…

Aug 12, 2024 · 3 min read · 0 claps #dark-patterns #deceptive-design #manipulation-tactic

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ST Stefani Vujic

Put simply: Deceptive content design 101.

“No, thanks. I like full price.” Chances are you’ve already come across this type of content—whether you’re a UX writer like me or just a…

Aug 06, 2024 · 3 min read · 0 claps #ux-writing #ux-design #dark-patterns

AL Almohannad Alsbeai

Bad Profit

Introduction

Mar 19, 2024 · 6 min read · 1 claps #cx #customer-experience #empathy

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WI Wilfried R. · Bootcamp

Clean UX : Designing without manipulation is more efficient

Creating best practices to design without manipulation

Aug 04, 2023 · 5 min read · 13 claps #ux-design #clean-ux #product-design

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JE Jessamyn West · today in librarian tabs

TILT #94 — the library is not a TARDIS and can not hold infinite books

On the waning days of the latest dumpstergate, I’m here to tell you I’ve been cleaning out my mom’s house.

Aug 16, 2021 · 5 min read · 16 claps #tilty #libraries #minstrelsy

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AL Aleksander Nygård Tonheim · UX Norge

Dark patterns og UX: etisk design

Blir brukarar sett på som dumme av selskap som gjør det vanskeleg å slette seg frå tenesta? Kvifor blir ulike metodar som lurespørsmål…

Feb 04, 2021 · 6 min read · 103 claps #ux #dark-patterns #etikk

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RA Radka Suchyňová · DESIGN KISK

Dark Patterns: Jak podvádět uživatele snadno a rychle

Přestože jsme si jako uživatelé internetu zvykli dávat pozor na hoaxy, fake news a spamy, scameři přicházejí se stále novými a…

Dec 30, 2020 · 5 min read · 9 claps #dark-patterns #design #metody