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Leg@lemmy.world 4 months agoThe term “attention theft” is some dystopian shit, and just probable enough to make me vomit in my mouth.
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Leg@lemmy.world 4 months agoThe term “attention theft” is some dystopian shit, and just probable enough to make me vomit in my mouth.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Attention theft is an existing term, though it’s used to describe bad practices by marketers. I suppose it’s bad that the term has had to come into existence, but it is good that it exists as a way to talk about bad practices more easily.
pkmkdz@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
(not) fun fact: In game there is analogical term for “making player addicted” called “dark patterns”