Dark Patterns are tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for something. The purpose of this site is to spread awareness and to shame companies that use them.

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misread as "Dick Patterns" making me do things I didn't want to do. Try explaining that to the credit card company.

[–]Niggertits 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How do I updoot?

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I love how it starts off with a click-through. Nice try.

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I remember this.
A shame their "hall of shame" is located on a cancerous platform like Twitter rather than just hosted (at least as a backup) on their site.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I agree.

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Oh my! I almost didn't recognize you. Must be the new arm.

[–]C3P0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Gotta hoard all of the good names before the going gets good.

[–]m68k 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Doesn't work, I have dark mode enabled. :P

[–]zyxzevn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Click Here

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Good trick!

I almost clicked on the link ...