Ret

I swear to god companies are doing this shit deliberately.

Wonder how artificially-inflated the "people clicked on the AI tool! AI good!" metric is because of this design decision.

#aislop

Feb 27 at 1:49pmWeb
Show threadRetFeb 27

Another example. "AI Mode" replacing "All" in the menu. Like... fucking hell guys it's not SO important that it needs to be FIRST in the menu.

I bet if you randomised the order and did the metrics on that menu, "AI Mode" is the LEAST used. This stuff is being rammed down everybody's throats in the most insidious ways.

Show threadPetterOfCatsFeb 27
@ret It's to boost engagement numbers so in the C meetings they have a "numbers going up" circle jerk. Remember everyone, people are not the customers. People are the products. The board are customers.
Show thread Hex ΘΔ&Feb 27
@ret omg this happens to me all the time to and I think I am just crazy, but this really does just seem intentional
Show threadDavidFeb 27
@ret Context? Form the looks oft it the term manipulation would be more appropriate than an euphemistic "design decision".
Show threadForstFeb 27

@ret Even without "AI", when dynamic menu items pop up like that, after the page finished loading, is immensely irritating (Teams does this a bunch). Adding "AI" to the mix (and motivation behind it) makes it all the worse :/

The non-AI part of it I feel is also due to them having some sort of a page load time KPI they have to meet, so we get this crap where stuff appears under the cursor like that.

Show threadSoftwarewolfFeb 27
@ret It's like ads - half the point is to juice engagement numbers. I swear we're in an ad bubble because I can't believe that this annoying this shit is effective at selling anything other than adblockers.
Show threadDeltaWyeFeb 27
@ret I swear to god I’ve seen similar shit. This is a hundred percent on purpose.
Show threadKing Naga Calyo Lucere-DelphiFeb 27

@DeltaWye @ret It is 100% on purpose. Taking advantage of either poor reflexes or UI memory to force you into making the mistake of clicking the button or link they want you to click.

I have to stay on my guard anytime I order from Amazon because of how regularly they tweak the positions of the big yellow "Order with Prime!" button and teeny tiny "Not this time" link, the latter of which I always click.

The cognitive labor is exhausting.

Show threadJernej Simončič �Feb 27
@ret Pinging @grumpy_website.
Show threadMatt GumbleyFeb 28
@ret I did exactly this only yesterday. Stupid UI.