• Jesus@lemmy.world
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    ‘Make this chat discoverable.’ Beneath that, in smaller, lighter text, was a caveat explaining that the chat could then appear in search engine results."

    UX designer here. People don’t read the little gray supporting text. “Search Engine” should’ve been in the headline.

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      I’ve always been under the impression that the little grey supporting text being little and grey is because the designer didn’t want it read but was required to put it somewhere. A dark pattern, if you will. Is it actually not intended that way?

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        When it’s used correctly, it should be adding a little extra color or context that’s not critical for most users, but will be helpful to a certain segment.

        Or it’s bullshit that you -know- the user doesn’t care about, but it’s needed to make some person or department happy.

        Or it’s a dark pattern.