About attention theft
Don’t ask for more attention than your product’s place in someone’s life warrants. Whatever you do as a high-capacity knowledge worker to preserve your attention for the tasks that need it most, practice the same respect for your users’ attention.
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The role of UX writing in design ethics
Dropbox Design
– 1 April 2019
Dark patterns are user interface patterns specifically designed to trick a person into making a choice they wouldn’t want to make. When the words in your product frustrate, shame, or manipulate people into taking actions they wouldn’t otherwise have taken, the user experience fails.
About attention theft
Don’t ask for more attention than your product’s place in someone’s life warrants. Whatever you do as a high-capacity knowledge worker to preserve your attention for the tasks that need it most, practice the same respect for your users’ attention.