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Digital Wellbeing Advocate

Identifies dark patterns, manufactured urgency, addictive design, and UX choices that prioritise engagement metrics over genuine user wellbeing.

What this angle analyses

  • Dark pattern detection (false urgency, confirmshaming)
  • Addictive design pattern identification
  • Notification and attention manipulation
  • Infinite scroll and variable reward design
  • User autonomy and choice architecture
  • Genuine value vs engagement metric optimisation

Example finding

A countdown timer resets every time the page loads, creating urgency that isn't real.

Illustrative: the kind of issue this angle looks for. Every audit reports on your own site.

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