The Forbidden Button Pattern

Ui design Dark patterns Lazy-coding Reverse-psychology User experience Malicious compliance Deadline-coding Ui-trolling Payment-systems

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The Forbidden Button Pattern

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The ultimate reverse psychology UI pattern! Some brilliant dev created buttons that say "Please don't touch this" right next to "Click here to purchase" – essentially guaranteeing everyone will press the forbidden button. It's the digital equivalent of putting a big red button labeled "DO NOT PRESS" in front of curious humans. The implementation is so beautifully lazy yet effective that it deserves a spot in the Hall of Fame for Malicious Compliance. The dev clearly understood that humans are hardwired to do exactly what they're told not to do. Probably knocked this out 5 minutes before the deadline while muttering "ship it and let QA deal with it."

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