A presentation by Harry Brignull on Dark Patterns. Includes examples from Apple, Post-office.co.uk, Royal Mail, Santander, Quora, Twitter, The Ladders, JustFab, Next.co.uk and M&S.

Apple
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Royal Mail Group
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Santander
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Quora
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Twitter
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Harry Brignull
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July 23, 2013

Twitter gives a “time out” to users that have been deemed “abusive” or “bullies”. The time out doesn’t disable their account, it only makes their posts limited to be seen by their followers during the time limit.

Twitter
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Gray et al.
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February 16, 2017

Twitter wanted users to discover their new feature “discover”, so they put it in the location where notifications usually is, so that people would naturally click on the old spot due to muscle memory and discover the new feature.

Twitter
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Gray et al.
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January 27, 2017

Social media platforms repeatedly use so-called dark patterns to nudge you toward giving away more of your data.

Facebook
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Twitter
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Linkedin
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Instagram
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Snapchat
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Arielle Pardas
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August 12, 2020

"The company should know by now, based on the dozens of previous rejections: I'm not interested!"

Twitter
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Metadat
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January 1, 2022

The 'Ad' icon placement and wording has changed on Twitter. Because your eye usually automatically scans to the place where it used to be, it's easier to get scammed at the moment by ads like this. Worth being a bit more careful than usual.

Twitter
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danbarker
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August 3, 2023

Twitter not marking ads as ads any more. I was wondering why this craptastic tweet was showing up in my TL. (It was an ad, just not marked as such)

Twitter
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RobertFreundLaw
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September 17, 2023

The MarkUp has built a tool to see how much Twitter is throttling links to various sites. Conclusion - it’s doing it to all it’s competitors.

Twitter
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Jon Keegan, Dan Phiffer and Joel Eastwood
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September 15, 2023

This call to action is utterly disingenuous. It looks like you're being invited to add 2FA for security reasons. It's actually an advertisement for Twitter Blue (or whatever they're calling it these days).

Twitter
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darkpatterns
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September 27, 2023

Twitter / X is serving users with a new ad format that can't be blocked or reported the ads aren't even actual X posts & aren't connected to any X accounts. they do not disclose that they are ads it appears the ads are connected to clickbait ad networks

Twitter
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Matt Binder
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October 6, 2023

Twitter is now slowing down traffic on links to the crowdfunding site Patreon, WhatsApp, and at times, Meta’s Messenger app, a Markup analysis confirms.

Twitter
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Jon Keegan and Dan Phiffer
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October 16, 2023

"Is it possible to wriggle around advertising laws and regs like this: 1. Allow advertisers to run ads containing false information 2. Present a footnote under these ads saying the information presented is not true? 3. Profit from the ad revenue"

Twitter
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Deceptive Patterns
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August 24, 2024

""The investigation into 'deceptive design' concerns the use of 'blue check' marks, which are now only available to those who pay. Before Musk, blue ticks were given by Twitter to verified users in the public eye, including ministers and celebrities.""

Twitter
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Deceptive Patterns
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August 24, 2024

"Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood The Markup"

Twitter
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Deceptive Patterns
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August 24, 2024

"This call to action is utterly disingenuous. It looks like you're being invited to add 2FA for security reasons. It's actually an advertisement for Twitter Blue (or whatever they're calling it these days)."

Twitter
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Deceptive Patterns
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August 24, 2024

"Elon Musks X is throttling traffic to websites he dislikes The site formerly known as Twitter added a five-second delay when a user clicked on a shortened link to the New York Times, Facebook and other sites Musk commonly attacks."

Twitter
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Deceptive Patterns
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August 24, 2024

X recently introduced a new setting that allows them to use the content you posts to train their AI, Grok. However, instead of informing users or asking for their explicit consent, X set this setting to "yes" for everyone without any notice. This is a textbook example of the dark pattern known as "preselection".

Twitter
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HallOfShame.Design
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July 31, 2024