Deceptive Patterns
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Pain in the English: Emotional Manipulation.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
1 Aug 2017
Type
Confirmshaming
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

“The website prompts the user to have it proofread their document, and shames them if they select no”

Pain in the English (painintheenglish.com) was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over a prompt offering to proofread the user’s document. According to the entry, the user is prompted to have the site proofread their document and is shamed if they select “no”.

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