{"id":1569,"slug":"deceptive-patterns","name":"deceptive patterns","type":"concept","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:42:39.521012+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":["dark patterns"],"episodes":[{"id":"2e4475ef-ce36-4003-968f-7304010b387d","slug":"s16e19-dark-forward-looking-barn-door-statements","subject":"s16e19: Dark; Forward-Looking Barn Door Statements","title":"Dark; Forward-Looking Barn Door Statements","publish_date":"2023-11-03T19:11:10.632948+00:00","year":2023,"month":11,"season":16,"episode":19,"episode_label":"s16e19","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s16e19-dark-forward-looking-barn-door-statements/","is_premium":0,"word_count":973,"context":" … <mark>Dark patterns</mark> in the private sector are pretty familiar by now, one regular example being the \"make it hard to unsubscribe\" pattern.\n\n(<mark>Dark patterns</mark> are also known as … ","reading_minutes":5},{"id":"20341722-0a5e-4cfb-84ba-601dcc36a463","slug":"s12e45-bits-and-pieces","subject":"s12e45: Bits and pieces","title":"Bits and pieces","publish_date":"2022-08-04T23:53:03.171239+00:00","year":2022,"month":8,"season":12,"episode":45,"episode_label":"s12e45","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s12e45-bits-and-pieces/","is_premium":0,"word_count":830,"context":" … don't be a dick, don't use <mark>dark patterns</mark> to trick people, and... how would you enforce that? 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