2022/09/30

“Dark Pattern Trash:” Ben Grosser Obliterates Twitter’s Upped Metrics Game

● 30/09/2022
“Metrics are dark pattern trash, responsible for amping up much of what’s toxic around here. Rest assured, if they release it to all, I’ll hide it with my Demetricator.”
– American software artist Ben Grosser, on Twitter testing a visible ‘views’ metric feature. Grosser, whose work focuses on the social effects of software, has been a vocal critic of the toxic social media engagement game for years. His Twitter Demetricator (2018) browser extension hides all metrics on the platform—for good.
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