https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkrdLI6e6M
This week I was inspired by a nerdwriter video on “How Dark Patterns Trick You Online” In the video he goes over various ways dark patterns on places like buttons encourage users to click on something they may otherwise not have clicked. The absence of such patterns also discourages users from clicking there (think of a yes/no do you want to continue question where yes has a dark color button and no has none). He also went over how difficult it is to unsubscribe or delete certain accounts, like Amazon, and how websites place deactiviation in places most users would not expect to look (for example amazon’s is not under “your account” but rather you have to go to the end of the page and look for help and click numerous other buttons before finally getting to a delete account page).