Talk:Dark pattern

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Contested deletion

The page was last made in 2013 before secondary sources appeared. I think inclusion in big-name sites like Ars Technica and the New York Times is enough to warrant this page's relevance.--Mychemicalromanceisrealemo (talk) 19:59, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, I've removed the CSD notice. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:21, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

However, it further points out the degree to which people are willing to accept terminology invented out of whole cloth *because* of wikipedia. There was no such term in use to mean this until this website showed up and people made a conscious effort to put it in wikipedia. There was no prior rush to pay attention to this person or his site. At that point, because people errantly view wikipedia as an authority on its own, the term starts floating around as if it's real.

And at *that* point, the places that float that term are circularly mentioned (or even cited) back in the original wikipedia page, thus solidifying its supposed relevance. This would only rarely happen in a real encyclopedia, if at all.

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Pay to play UX

I think this article documents an example of "Pay to play UX", which, given the harms that resulted, sure seems like a dark pattern worth documenting: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-29/health-records-company-pushed-opioids-to-doctors-in-secret-deal

Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tantek (talk • contribs) 23:18, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Change page title from Dark Patterns to Deceptive design

The official website and the Twitter page have changed the official terminology from Dark patterns to Deceptive design. The name change was proposed to be clearer and inclusive https://www.deceptive.design/about-us. This page must also be updated accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sramx (talk • contribs) 00:42, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Trump mention

Why is something Trump's campaign allegedly did the only specific mention of a dark pattern on this entire page? POV and politics much? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.200.91 (talk) 23:42, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you have other examples (with good sources) feel free to add them. Nuretok (talk) 06:26, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]