Dark Patterns Detective

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This was fun. A simple interactive demonstration of ten different dark patterns you’ve probably experienced online. I might use it as a vehicle for talking about such deceptive tactics with our eldest child, who’s now coming to an age where she starts to see these kinds of things.

Screenshot showing a basket containing a 'premium package' including several optional add-ons, with no obvious way to remove those add-ons.

After I finished exploring the dark patterns shown, I decided to find out more about the author and clicked the link in the footer, expecting to be taken to their personal web site. But instead, ironically, I came to a web page on a highly-recognisable site that’s infamous for its dark patterns: 🤣

LinkedIn screenshot showing not one but two popups to try to encourage me to log in to see more content.

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