UX design
fromMedium
4 hours agoDesigning for the invisible customer
The act of choosing in design is increasingly outsourced to digital gatekeepers, redefining the role of design and aesthetics.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
7 hours agoPsychology says the most damaging people in your life are rarely the obviously cruel ones - they're the ones who were kind just often enough to keep you doubting your own perception - Silicon Canals
Intermittent reinforcement creates confusion and self-doubt, making it difficult for individuals to recognize toxic relationships.
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Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPsychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren't passive - they've simply opted out of the performance while retaining access to the information, which is a more deliberate choice than most people who post every day have ever thought to make - Silicon Canals
Deliberate non-participation on social media can be a psychologically aware choice, as most users are 'lurkers' who consume content without engaging.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says people who constantly research self-improvement but never start aren't lazy - they've confused the feeling of learning with the feeling of changing - Silicon Canals
Learning about self-improvement can create a false sense of progress without actual change in behavior.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPsychology says people who want to change their lives but never start aren't lazy - they're waiting for a feeling of readiness that behavioral science confirms almost never arrives on its own - Silicon Canals
Feeling ready to act is often a byproduct of taking action, not a prerequisite.
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Relationships
fromPsychology Today
23 hours agoTransform Your Arguments Into Conversations
Fights often stem from unaddressed issues; clarify your goals and emotional needs before initiating a conversation.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says people who reply to messages within seconds aren't just efficient - they've built their sense of safety around being reachable, because somewhere in their past, being slow to respond had consequences - Silicon Canals
Instant responses to messages often stem from a psychological need to mitigate perceived threats rather than mere efficiency.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoNobody tells you that expecting instant replies is a relatively new social norm - and that an entire generation learned to communicate in ways that never required it - Silicon Canals
Instant communication has created pressure that undermines meaningful relationships, which thrived in a slower-paced era of correspondence.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says people who reply to messages within seconds aren't just efficient - they've built their sense of safety around being reachable, because somewhere in their past, being slow to respond had consequences - Silicon Canals
Instant responses to messages often stem from a psychological need to mitigate perceived threats rather than mere efficiency.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoResearch suggests that high intelligence doesn't protect against bad decisions - it makes people better at constructing convincing justifications for the bad decisions they were already going to make - Silicon Canals
Higher intelligence can lead to greater polarization rather than alignment on contested facts.
Social media marketing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoIt is no fluke that social media platforms are addictive and causing harm. They were designed that way | Van Badham
Recent court rulings hold tech companies accountable for user harm and deceptive practices, imposing significant penalties for exploitation and addiction issues.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoSome people don't cancel plans because they're flaky. They committed when one version of their energy was available and the person who wakes up that morning is operating on a completely different reserves system. The commitment was real. The capacity isn't. - Silicon Canals
Cancelled plans reveal a flawed assumption about self-consistency and commitment, suggesting a need for a new understanding of social expectations.
Mobile UX
fromVandelay Design
3 months agoWhy AI-Generated UX Still Feels Off
AI-generated interfaces appear polished but lack the experiential quality of human-designed UX because AI cannot replicate the deliberate constraints, contextual judgment, and iterative refinement that define professional design work.
fromBuzz Usborne
3 weeks agoDesigning AI Experiences People Actually Use
For decades in SAAS, products reduced ambiguity. Users supplied constrained inputs, and the system handled the output. It's never been Minority Report cinematic, but it was predictable. By providing predictable environments for manipulating data, users learned by moving things, adjusting variables - and the outcome emerged through interaction.
Design
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoPsychology suggests the most attractive person in the room is almost never the one trying hardest to be - because effort in the direction of attractiveness is visible, and visibility of effort is the one thing that reliably cancels the effect it's trying to produce - Silicon Canals
Authenticity is more appealing than effortful perfection in social interactions.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoPsychology says if someone secretly dislikes you they'll almost never say it out loud - but their body will, in the microseconds before they've decided what their face is supposed to be doing, and learning to read those moments is one of the more uncomfortable social skills available to anyone willing to develop it - Silicon Canals
Microexpressions reveal true emotions faster than conscious control, providing insights into feelings that words may conceal.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoPsychology suggests if you still write things down on paper instead of your phone you aren't resisting progress - you've found something that works and are practicing the increasingly rare skill of not replacing it simply because something newer arrived, and that skill, applied consistently, turns out to predict a surprising number of other things about how you make decisions - Silicon Canals
Handwriting enhances cognitive engagement and memory retention compared to typing, leading to better decision-making and creativity.
fromPsychology Today
2 months agoHow AI Reshapes the Battle of Persuasion
We live in a paradox. Never before has humanity had access to more information, faster. Yet our decisions, from what we eat to whom we vote for, what we watch and who we date, remain stubbornly resistant to facts alone. Public health campaigns armed with statistics fail to shift behavior. Climate science, however substantive, struggles to ignite action. Heavy economic data rarely changes minds about policy. The uncomfortable truth? We are not the rational creatures we pretend to be.
Public health
UX design
fromSmashing Magazine
4 weeks agoPersuasive Design: Ten Years Later - Smashing Magazine
Persuasive design matured into behavioral design, which aligns product experiences with real human behavior drivers while maintaining ethical standards, moving beyond isolated usability fixes to address underlying behavioral gaps.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoSocial psychologists found that the people others describe as 'intimidating' are almost never aggressive - they're simply present in a way that makes performative people uncomfortable, because authenticity exposes pretense without saying a word - Silicon Canals
Presence and attentiveness are often mislabeled as intimidation; genuinely dangerous people typically display charm and surface warmth rather than quiet composure.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month agoWhy Behaviour Change Is So Hard to Do
Behavior change fails when immediate costs exceed rewards, not due to willpower; relationships unconsciously reinforce old behaviors while punishing new ones, and reinforcement proves more effective than punishment for lasting change.
fromMedium
1 month agoWhy your brain rebels against redesigns - even good ones
When Sonos released its redesigned app in May 2024, the backlash was immediate and brutal. Users couldn't access basic features like volume control and alarms. Systems became unusable. The company's stock plummeted 25%. Eventually, the CEO was replaced, and lawsuits claimed over $5 million in damages from customers who'd lost functionality they'd paid for.
UX design
Psychology
fromEarth's Attractions - travel guides by locals, travel itineraries, travel tips, and more
2 months agoThey Use This Trick to Get You to Say Yes - Learn to Spot It (And Use It the Right Way)
Small initial requests increase chances of agreeing to larger related requests by leveraging commitment, self-perception, and cognitive dissonance; commonly used in advertising, sales, and relationships.
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