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Practical tips to get rid of deceptive patterns
Turning dark patterns into white patterns
Career Doors
February 09, 2025
What do we call a bad design that steals your data?
You might wonder what my title is all about. Many of us heard the concept of deceptive patterns for the very first time. We call them dark patterns because they're a hidden way to enter somebody's device to get their approval, data, or to lead them into making unwanted decisions. And no, it's not a hacking attempt, in fact, you allow these companies to get free access to your photos, answers, or money.
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Today’s Brain Teaser:
I am held but never hugged,
Touched all day but never loved.
I show you friends from far away,
While stealing hours of your day.
The more you feed me pictures and text,
The more you wonder what comes next.
What am I?
The answer to that at the end of the email.
My name's Simona, and this is Career Doors.
While navigating through all these dark patterns, I figured out that some of them fall into a grey zone because we might need them to accomplish our marketing plan, to care and sell at the same time, but not harm the audience.