Have you ever struggled to resist sites or apps which prompt you to share ever more personal data? Who hasn’t casually clicked on the big green “I agree” button, instead of the little grey links below? And who doesn’t lose their patience unsubscribing from a website, when all it took was one click to “try for free”?
These features are called “dark patterns” or “deceptive patterns”, which are interfaces that deceive or manipulate users to make them act without realizing or against their own interests.
Why should we care about it ? Because …
✅ dark patterns harm the autonomy, the welfare and the privacy of individuals, and are psychologically detrimental
✅ a number of laws already prohibit dark patterns, and the global legislative framework is shifting towards clarity, transparency, accessibility and fairness by design
✅ dark patterns affect competition and trust in brands, and even puts our democratic models at risk
And because eventually, there is nothing sustainable about tricking users.
Dark patterns are pretty much everywhere online and yet, it’s not inevitable to be deceived or manipulated. With this podcast, once a month, Marie Potel, founder of the legal design agency Amurabi and of the platform fairpattern.com explore with her guests all the aspects of this dark and broad matter : regulation, ethics, marketing, user experience and much more.
A question or a need for support ? Go on fairpatterns.com or contact Marie Potel on LinkedIn !
This podcast is proposed and presented by Marie Potel, produced by Amicus Radio and directed by Leobardo Arango.
Original Music : Alexis Mallet.
Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
Have you ever struggled to resist sites or apps which prompt you to share ever more personal data? Who hasn’t casually clicked on the big green “I agree” button, instead of the little grey links below? And who doesn’t lose their patience unsubscribing from a website, when all it took was one click to “try for free”?
These features are called “dark patterns” or “deceptive patterns”, which are interfaces that deceive or manipulate users to make them act without realizing or against their own interests.
Why should we care about it ? Because …
✅ dark patterns harm the autonomy, the welfare and the privacy of individuals, and are psychologically detrimental
✅ a number of laws already prohibit dark patterns, and the global legislative framework is shifting towards clarity, transparency, accessibility and fairness by design
✅ dark patterns affect competition and trust in brands, and even puts our democratic models at risk
And because eventually, there is nothing sustainable about tricking users.
Dark patterns are pretty much everywhere online and yet, it’s not inevitable to be deceived or manipulated. With this podcast, once a month, Marie Potel, founder of the legal design agency Amurabi and of the platform fairpattern.com explore with her guests all the aspects of this dark and broad matter : regulation, ethics, marketing, user experience and much more.
A question or a need for support ? Go on fairpatterns.com or contact Marie Potel on LinkedIn !
This podcast is proposed and presented by Marie Potel, produced by Amicus Radio and directed by Leobardo Arango.
Original Music : Alexis Mallet.
Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
Dark patterns go against most UX design principles, yet they are pretty much everywhere. So how is this huge prevalence explained? What is missing in UX designer training to avoid deceptive designs? Is the regulation sufficient to deter companies from using dark patterns? How might we create a common language and hierarchy of dark patterns that aligns differing terminology from scholars and regulators?
To discuss the topic, Marie Potel speaks with Colin Gray, Associate Professor at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington and Director of the human computer interaction design program.
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Have a question or need some support? Visit us at fairpatterns.com and follow us on LinkedIn: FairPatterns!
Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
