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Wait the section on “Psychological Dark Patterns” sounds kind of over inclusive. Leveling up and progressing are thing that give a sense of accomplishment. Granted, things like cs2 skins are a form of manipulation. But you can’t tell me that making a build on a game like DND or building a world you like on Minecraft are “dark patterns”

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Credibly_Human@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Leveling up and progressing are thing that give a sense of accomplishment.

Indeed. They are built to trigger your reward system rather than having you feel that naturally from the gameplay.

I absolutely think those are included and utterly hate grinding.

But you can’t tell me that making a build on a game like DND or building a world you like on Minecraft are “dark patterns”

Where are you getting that from there?

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- notarobot@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Clarification. I’m way to asleep and meant wow, not DND. Forget I said anything. I still think I’m right. But I’m not in the correct state to even formulate coherent sentences
  
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