Time Pressure
A dark pattern where users are pressured to make quick decisions by creating a false sense of urgency.
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“negative information”
Optimism Bias
A cognitive bias that causes people to believe they are less likely to experience negative events and more likely to experience positive events than others.
Forced Action
A dark pattern where the user is required to do something in order to access certain functionality or information.
Scarcity Tactics
A dark pattern where availability is falsely limited to pressure users into making a purchase.
Illusory Superiority
A cognitive bias where individuals overestimate their own abilities, qualities, or performance relative to others.
Hidden Costs
A dark pattern where additional costs are only revealed at the last step of the checkout process.
Choice Paralysis
A situation in which an individual is unable to make a decision due to the overwhelming number of options available.
Cannibalization
The reduction in sales of a company's existing products due to the introduction of a new product by the same company.