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Popular Mechanics: Emotional Manipulation.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
23 Mar 2017
Type
Confirmshaming
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

“Popular Mechanics tries to get users to subscribe to their email list by making them click on a shameful response if they don’t want to. What is users are already subscribed?”

Popular Mechanics was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over a newsletter sign-up prompt. According to the entry, Popular Mechanics tries to get users to subscribe to its email list by requiring those who decline to click on a shameful response, and the entry questions what happens for users who are already subscribed.