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Though he later used the word “deceptive,” user experience expert Harry Brignull coined a term starting with this adjective to condemn design techniques such as “confirmshaming.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this adjective that describes “patterns” that trick users of digital systems into taking unintended actions. It also partly titles a book by journalist Jane Mayer about the Koch (“coke”) donor network.
ANSWER: dark [accept dark patterns; accept Dark Money]
[10e] Dark patterns often alter this exchange between a user and a digital system, which often occurs at an interface. The initialism “HCI” stands for the “human-computer” type of it.
ANSWER: interaction [or interactive; or interactivity; accept human-computer interaction]
[10h] Brignull’s e-book Deceptive Patterns cites this 2014 work by Natasha Dow Schüll, which describes many “ambience management” techniques that casinos use to keep gamblers’ minds in the “machine zone.”
ANSWER: Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Columbia AIllinois A1010020ME
Cornell AChicago B1010020ME
Georgia StateLSE010010E
Illinois BColumbia B010010E
IndianaUC Berkeley A100010M
Johns HopkinsIowa State1010020ME
MITTexas1010020ME
MinnesotaGeorgia Tech0000
NYUBritish Columbia1010020ME
North Carolina ANorthwestern010010E
OttawaPenn State0000
StanfordWUSTL A1010020ME
Toronto AChicago A010010E
Toronto CToronto B010010E
UC Berkeley BYale1010020ME
VanderbiltUCF0000
VirginiaMaryland1010020ME
WUSTL BArizona State0000
Waterloo ARutgers1010020ME
Waterloo BFlorida1010020ME

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2013.0075%55%0%