A dark pattern where users' activities are tracked without their explicit consent or knowledge.
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The tendency to favor people who are similar to oneself in terms of background, beliefs, or interests.
A common solution to a recurring problem that is ineffective and counterproductive, often resulting in negative consequences.
A dark pattern where users think they are going to take one action, but a different, undesirable action happens instead.
Also known as Parkinson's Law of Triviality, is the tendency to spend excessive time on trivial details while neglecting more important issues.
Content designed to attract clicks by using sensational or misleading headlines.
A dark pattern where users are tricked into confirming a subscription through misleading language or design.
A dark pattern where the user is guilt-tripped into opting into something by using language designed to shame them if they decline.
UI/UX design tactics that intentionally manipulate users into taking actions they might not otherwise take.
A dark pattern where advertisements are disguised as other types of content or navigation to trick users into clicking on them.
The tendency to forget information that can be easily found online, also known as digital amnesia.
A psychological phenomenon where the desire for harmony and conformity in a group results in irrational or dysfunctional decision-making.
In AI, the generation of incorrect or nonsensical information by a model, particularly in natural language processing.
A dark pattern where additional costs are only revealed at the last step of the checkout process.
A dark pattern where users are unknowingly signed up for a recurring subscription.
A cognitive bias where people perceive past events as having been more predictable than they actually were.
A cognitive bias where users believe they have explored all available content, even when more is present.
A cognitive bias where individuals overestimate the accuracy of their judgments, especially when they have a lot of information.
The perception of a relationship between two variables when no such relationship exists.
The tendency to overestimate the duration or intensity of the emotional impact of future events.
The tendency to avoid information that one perceives as potentially negative or anxiety-inducing.
A cognitive bias where people seek out more information than is needed to make a decision, often leading to analysis paralysis.
Activities that give the appearance of innovation but do not produce tangible results.
The tendency to attribute intentional actions to others' behaviors, often overestimating their intent.
A dark pattern where the user interface is manipulated in a way that prioritizes certain actions over others to benefit the company.
The phenomenon where people continue a failing course of action due to the amount of resources already invested.
An SEO issue that occurs when multiple pages on the same website target the same keyword, causing them to compete against each other and potentially harming search rankings.
Also known as "Maslow's Hammer," a cognitive bias where people rely too heavily on a familiar tool or method, often summarized as "if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.".
A cognitive bias where people allow themselves to indulge after doing something positive, believing they have earned it.
Systematic errors in AI models that arise from the data or algorithms used, leading to poor outcomes.
The error of making decisions based solely on quantitative observations and ignoring all other factors.
A dark pattern where the design focuses the user's attention on one thing to distract them from another.
A phenomenon where the success or failure of a design or business outcome is influenced by external factors beyond the control of the decision-makers, akin to serendipity.
A dark pattern where repetitive notifications or prompts are used to wear down user resistance.
UI patterns that excessively demand user attention, often interrupting the user experience.
Not Invented Here (NIH) syndrome refers to the aversion to using or buying products, research, or knowledge developed outside an organization.
The tendency to believe that things will always function the way they normally have, often leading to underestimation of disaster risks.
A dark pattern where options to opt out or cancel services are deliberately hidden or made difficult to find.
A type of bias that occurs when the observer's expectations or beliefs influence their interpretation of what they are observing, including experimental outcomes.
A dark pattern where a process is made more difficult than it needs to be to discourage certain behavior.
Actions, messages, or visuals that do not align with the established brand identity and values.
A dark pattern where options that benefit the service provider are pre-selected for the user.
A dark pattern where practices are used to make it hard for users to compare prices with other options.
A dark pattern where the user is tricked into publicly sharing more information about themselves than they intended.
A dark pattern where it's easy to get into a situation but hard to get out of it, such as signing up for a service but finding it difficult to cancel.
SAFe is a framework designed to scale agile practices across large organizations by integrating agile and lean principles.
A cognitive bias where people underestimate the complexity and challenges involved in scaling systems, processes, or businesses.
A dark pattern where availability is falsely limited to pressure users into making a purchase.
Also known as feature creep, the continuous addition of new features to a product, often beyond the original scope, leading to project delays and resource strain.
A design technique that overrides the default scrolling behavior, often to create a more controlled or immersive experience.
A bias that occurs when the sample chosen for a study or survey is not representative of the population being studied, affecting the validity of the results.
Obstacles to effective communication that arise from differences in understanding the meanings of words and symbols used by the communicators.
Interference in the communication process caused by ambiguity in the meaning of words and phrases, leading to misunderstandings.
Any process or administrative barrier that unnecessarily complicates transactions and creates friction, discouraging beneficial behaviors.
A dark pattern where a product sneaks an additional item into the user's shopping cart, often through a pre-selected checkbox.
A dark pattern where users are shown a preview of content that is then gated behind a paywall or sign-up.
A dark pattern where it's easy to subscribe but very difficult to cancel the subscription.
The process by which a measure or metric comes to replace the underlying objective it is intended to represent, leading to distorted decision-making.
The implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy or limited solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer.
A dark pattern where users are pressured to make quick decisions by creating a false sense of urgency.
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