Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Dark patterns
Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 11 threads.
People raised many different problems with Dark patterns, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- Sites use dark patterns and manipulate browser history, pushing users into unwanted navigation2026-09-12
- The link to 'audit' is tiny and hard to click2021-05-30
- Games are designed to irritate players into spending more money than intended2019-04-08
- Double negative wording in the chart makes it unclear whether settings are intrusive or not2018-06-27
- Pricing hidden until the visitor signs up2016-02-24
- Dropdown shows a text cursor instead of a pointer, so it doesn't look clickable2013-08-30