[OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability

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Slightly OT, but an interesting blog about the dirty tricks web designers use to 
trick users into buying more than they intended. 


> Dark patterns are deliberate acts of manipulative design whose intent is to push 
> users toward choices that harm their interests. In my case, I was unable to cancel 
> my subscription, and they extracted some money that should have been mine. If it 
> had happened on the street, it would be a crime. 


The author has a catalogue of examples at http://darkpatterns.org/ 

http://pando.com/2014/04/15/dark-patterns-the-crimes-and-misdemeanors-of-design/ 

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[OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-04-15 16:57 -0500
  Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-16 11:10 +0000
    Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-04-16 07:04 -0500
      Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-16 13:44 +0000
        Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-16 17:52 +0000
        Re: [OT] Dark Patterns: Designing for anti-usability Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-04-17 09:51 +0000

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