How to fight dark patterns

This week from People Nerds: identify and fight dark patterns, rapid research during a pandemic, and our next remote research webinar.

Only you can prevent dark patterns Whether it's the pop-up you can't close, or the newsletter that's hard to opt out of, dark patterns are annoying, unethical, and hurt your reputation. We talked to Vidhika Bansal about the best ways to fight back against the practice.    READ MORE Bringing users "to the table" Pluie is building the world's first self-sanitizing diaper-changing table. But when the pandemic hit, they weren't sure how to adapt their product to fit user needs. Here's how they translated quick-turn remote research into confident business decisions. TABLE TALK Fieldwork from home Mastering the 1:1 interview is core to qual research competency. Mastering the remote 1:1 interview keeps you nimble, scalable, and powerful. Our team walks you through the "from-good-to-great" tactics all UXRs should have in their back pocket.    SIGN UP . More we're discussing: If you're struggling to prioritize your company's research needs, here's an intake process that might help. If you're looking to build your team, further develop your career, or land that new position—read this advice taken directly from UXR hiring managers. Your customer journey has probably changed since March. Here's how Credit Karma built out a new journey map, with the help of experimental remote research. What we're hearing:  Interesting read on "gamification" in tech and the line behind enhancing and manipulating. Some thoughts from Adobe XD about where human factors principles should be applied to UX research and design. Fun conversation between the folks at InVision and Seth Godin on risk-taking, generosity, and creativity in design and business. dscout is a company composed of People Nerds working to make context-rich human insight an everyday habit across organizations. The dscout platform—Diary, Live, Recruit, and Express—enables remote qualitative research that brings researchers into the moments experienced and shared by real people. Curious about the platform or working with dscout? Talk to an account executive.  dscout, 222 North LaSalle St. Suite 650, Chicago, Illinois 60601, (312) 880-9715 Unsubscribe Manage preferences