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Each video documents one or more real encounters with UX Dark Patterns discovered during a 5-day diary study conducted for our UW Bothell CSS 478 Usability and User-Centered Design class (Winter, Spring, and Autumn 2025, and Winter 2026). Each student first read a "Bringing Dark Patterns to Light", a 2022 US Federal Trade Commission report on UX Dark Patterns, which defines these practices and provides examples. Students then documented problematic encounters over five days, after which we analyzed the results both individually and as a class. Then, each student selected one incident from our survey to focus upon in a video, using UX research and storytelling techniques such as click-path documentation to showcase the issue in an evidential manner. The videos shared here are provided voluntarily by students to help improve future versions of the project.

It is important to note that survey respondents had the agency to decide what constituted a "problematic" UX pattern worth reporting. Likewise, students who analyzed the survey elected which problematic patterns to focus upon for their video. They only needed to put their analysis in conversation with resources such at the 2022 FTC report. This means, in some cases, their definitions of a dark pattern may stray from the definitions of the report and other authoritative sources. They were not coached by me or others on what to highlight, but only on how to construct an evidential argument about a UX design. This fits with the learning goals of our course. At the same time, it gives insight into how individuals are conceiving of and experiencing design patterns that they find problematic as they interact with contemporary systems.

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Interface Interference - Fake Notion Website 

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Interface Interference - Fake Notion Website 

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Misleading Interface - Amazon as a "Roach Motel"

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Misleading Interface - Amazon as a "Roach Motel"

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CP1_ Final Deliverable (Video on UX Dark Patterns)-20250503_151509-Meeting Recording

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The Dark Patterns of Amazon Prime Membership Cancellations

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The Dark Patterns of Amazon Prime Membership Cancellations

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UX Dark Patterns: Obstructive Cancellation

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UX Dark Patterns: Obstructive Cancellation

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Bhatti_CP1_Final

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CP1 Final UX Dark Pattern Video - AreejH

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Duolingo and Asymmetric Choice

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Interface Interference: A UX Dark Pattern

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Interface Interference: A UX Dark Pattern

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UX Dark Patterns: Cancelling Amazon Prime Subscription

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UX Dark Patterns: Cancelling Amazon Prime Subscription

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Interface interference and Obstruction