- From: David Karger <karger@mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:42:59 -0400
- To: public-credibility@w3.org
- Message-ID: <7795310f-7a7f-66fb-c36c-d76fee3f9411@mit.edu>
at present this is the standard term: https://www.darkpatterns.org/ there is no recognized alternative. I can imagine someday this going the way of blacklist and master/slave, but it hasn't yet been brought into contention. On 9/28/2021 7:38 PM, Adeel wrote: > Hello, > > "dark patterns" is an inappropriate term, please use something else > other than associating colors. > > Thanks, > > Adeel > > On Wed, 29 Sept 2021 at 00:31, Annette Greiner <amgreiner@lbl.gov > <mailto:amgreiner@lbl.gov>> wrote: > > Frictionless sharing is, in a way, a dark pattern for the UI > design of the social web. One thing I’ve been thinking about is > making a checklist of UI dark patterns that social media companies > could attest to avoiding. If we made it testable, one could > trigger a conformance test at the point where conformance is > asserted. > -Annette > >> On Sep 28, 2021, at 2:24 PM, Farnaz Jahanbakhsh <farnazj@mit.edu >> <mailto:farnazj@mit.edu>> wrote: >> >> As a form of friction, platforms could also explicitly nudge >> people to pause and think about accuracy before they are about to >> share content. We did a study where we showed some news stories >> to people one at a time and asked them whether they would share >> each. We required some people to simply indicate whether the >> content is accurate or inaccurate before asking them whether they >> would share it. These people ended up sharing less false content >> than before (there was also a reduction in sharing of true >> content although to a lesser degree). For some people, we added >> to the friction by not only asking them about accuracy but also >> requiring them to explain why they believed the content is or is >> not accurate. For these people, sharing of false content was even >> further reduced: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3449092 >> <https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3449092> >> >> Farnaz Jahanbakhsh >> >>> On Sep 27, 2021, at 5:17 PM, Annette Greiner <amgreiner@lbl.gov >>> <mailto:amgreiner@lbl.gov>> wrote: >>> >>> The idea of adding friction is a good one. It came up in the UX >>> of credibility subgroup of CredCo, where it was observed that >>> designing the interface to make it extremely easy to share >>> content makes users more likely to share misinformation. There >>> have been several publications in the UX literature about that >>> (e.g., https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2851581.2892410 >>> <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2851581.2892410>). >>> -Annette >>> >>>> On Sep 27, 2021, at 10:27 AM, Owen Ambur >>>> <Owen.Ambur@verizon.net <mailto:Owen.Ambur@verizon.net>> wrote: >>>> >>>> This article >>>> <https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/Media/facebook-algorithm> by >>>> Filippo Menczer of The Fulcrum was reprinted in our local >>>> newspaper, under the title "How we fall for misinformation >>>> through social media bubbles." It references "complex >>>> contagion," which figures prominently in Damon Centola's book >>>> entitled /Change: How to Make Big Things Happen/. >>>> >>>> Menczer suggests one approach to address the problem is to "add >>>> friction ... to slow down the process of spreading information." >>>> >>>> That calls to mind not only Daniel Kahneman's distinction >>>> between fast and slow thinking >>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow> but >>>> also Donald Norman's assertion <http://ambur.net/smart.pdf> >>>> that the greatest peril is that of “experiencing when one >>>> should be reflecting ... where entertainment takes precedence >>>> over thought.” >>>> >>>> Among the strategies posed by Centola are: >>>> >>>> * Don't rely on contagiousness >>>> * Use the network periphery >>>> * Design team networks to improve discovery and reduce bias >>>> >>>> It will be interesting to see what this group may decide to try >>>> to do together along those lines. >>>> >>>> In the meantime, The Fulcrum's about statement is now available >>>> in StratML format at >>>> https://stratml.us/drybridge/index.htm#FLCRM >>>> <https://stratml.us/drybridge/index.htm#FLCRM> Their tag line >>>> is "Leveraging Our Differences". >>>> >>>> My 2.0 rewrite of the Serenity Prayer is available on LinkedIn >>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/owenambur_when-i-first-posted-my-20-rendition-of-the-activity-6846603303095156736-ftIg>. >>>> >>>> Owen >>>> >>> >> > > > >
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