4 papers
A Comparative Study of How People With and Without ADHD Recognise and Avoid Dark Patterns on Social Media
Thomas Mildner, Daniel Fidel, Evropi Stefanidi +3
Dark patterns are deceptive strategies that recent work in human-computer interaction (HCI) has captured throughout digital domains, including social networking sites (SNSs). While…
Personas Evolved: Designing Ethical LLM-Based Conversational Agent Personalities
Smit Desai, Mateusz Dubiel, Nima Zargham +2
The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) has revolutionized Conversational User Interfaces (CUIs), enabling more dynamic, context-aware, and human-like interactions across div…
Getting Trapped in Amazon's "Iliad Flow": A Foundation for the Temporal Analysis of Dark Patterns
Colin M. Gray, Thomas Mildner, Ritika Gairola
Dark patterns are ubiquitous in digital systems, impacting users throughout their journeys on many popular apps and websites. While substantial efforts from the research community…
Level Up or Game Over: Exploring How Dark Patterns Shape Mobile Games
Sam Niknejad, Thomas Mildner, Nima Zargham +2
This study explores the prevalence of dark patterns in mobile games that exploit players through temporal, monetary, social, and psychological means. Recognizing the ethical concer…