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#Discord I'm out.
I tried to friend someone in a group I've been active in for months alongside using Discord for several years for various software support (#Svelte, #Rust, #Tauri, #Servo and others).
I've never run a native app or given up my phone number to Discord, Twitter, Facebook etc. but Discord want it to verify my account. As each of the others tried to do before I left them.
It's nonsense. They don't need that to know I'm legit.
It's all abuse of #privacy so I'm out.
#DarkPatterns
Dark Patterns are now illegal in India - Bootcamp
The Indian government recently established guidelines to ban dark patterns in India. These guidelines are made to address underhand practices in digital design. These rules aim to protect consumers…Canvs Editorial (Bootcamp)
Good news, thanks for sharing. 💪
We notice that the Mastodon icon is being used on your site, yes? Have you considered a Fediverse icon instead? Using a M'don icon misrepresents wider fediverse as M'don (now with previously rejected #darkPatterns). It misleads and invariably marginalises worthy instances that aren't M'don.
The following was developed in collaboration with great fedizens who felt a more sensible icon for fediverse was needed (campaign.openworlds.info/@dsfg…)
Thoughts welcome
Avoiding Dark Patterns in Web Design
Make the case against dark patterns and learn more ethical alternatives.frontendmasters.com
Deceptive Design - Hall of Shame
We've collected about 400 examples in our hall of shame. The most commonly complained about companies are Google, Facebook, Amazon and LinkedIn.www.deceptive.design