Comment on Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns
camr_on@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Is “dark patterns” the new term we’re using for these algorithms? I’m not against it
Comment on Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns
camr_on@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Is “dark patterns” the new term we’re using for these algorithms? I’m not against it
lobut@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Not really new but probably not that popular for everyone. It seems it was coined in 2010: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pattern. In the web dev space I was using it like 8-9 years ago, more or less.