• ArbitraryMary@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When you’re on a shopping site and a little pop up appears over the picture of the item telling you how many people have bought it in the last day and how many have viewed it. I don’t care!! Just let me see the actual item!

    • dekatron@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t be surprised if those numbers are made up. Just dark patterns to make it seem like the product is hot.

      Though I’ve found it kinda interesting when websites show little messages like “Someone from <country> just bought <item>!”.