• Dick Justice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I like the effort, but I feel like trying so hard to coin a hip new buzz phrase (Dark Patterns) instead of calling it what it is (deceptive marketing practices) is counterproductive.

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      1 year ago

      Agreed, these have been around as long as there were salespeople, just adapted to the Internet.

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      1 year ago

      Dark pattern is not a new term.

      And “deceptive marketing practices” is too broad. Dark pattern is a subset of that. So the title is being specific, which is something to praise, not criticize.