Such an amazing article and very well-written. Really happy I got to chat with @caitlingilbert.bsky.social about the problems of social media, specifically TikTok. The harm of TikTok constantly engaging its users can be linked to studies showing that overuse of social media decreases well-being.

🎉I am extremely happy to be part of a wonderful group to organise CUI 2026 and bring it to the city I grew up in - 𝘽𝙍𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙉! If you work in the field and want to engage and be part, we made an open call to look for organising committee members: forms.gle/9HjLsSz4uZFK...

Really great tips to enjoy CHI and not get fully overwhelmed! Thanks @altoombs.bsky.social 🙌

While it’s already great enough to be at #chi25 and meet old and new friends, I am also excited to be part of a SIG and two papers. Here, I’ll collect the details if you’re interested in this work and want to connect:

#CHI2025 is kicking of in #Yokohama 🌸 and what a fantastic location to host and get to visit! Very happy to be here 🎊 Each year, I am impressed by the size of this community and the great energy it holds! Looking forward to a fascinating and inspiring week!

Just made it to #Yokohama for #CHI2025 and I am extremely excited for our SIG on #DarkPatterns and the fantastic people I will get to talk to!

@graydesign.bsky.social @johannagunawan.bsky.social @thomasmildner.me

Since we didn’t retain the CC rights for this paper on #darkpatterns in #mobilegames so here‘s the author version on arxiv for public access 🙌🎮📱 arxiv.org/abs/2412.05039

This year was my first time at #MUM2024, and what an incredible community and conference it was! Thanks to all who made it happen in #Stockholm. ❄️🇸🇪 Not only did I co-host a workshop, but present two papers. And it still doesn't stop here: We received an honourable mention for one of them! 🏆

🚅Again in a train to the airport for my final conference of the year and what better destination than #Stockholm! At #MUM2024, I get to co-host a workshop and present two papers.. did not expect this academic year to wrap with such a wonderful opportunity! Thanks to all!

Thursday's online #HCI BIG TALK: Heloisa Candello from IBM Research Brazil talks about #CUI #AI and #responsibleAI in her talk "A human-centered approach to responsible conversational user interfaces." Online, free, all welcome! 2pm GMT, sign up here: bighci.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/10/03/b...

Great writeup of Veronica Krauss and team’s work on #darkpatterns and #generativeai by @stokel.bsky.social! Such a timely paper and good to see it reaching a broader audience. www.fastcompany.com/91233844/cha...

The German science magazine „Spektrum der Wissenschaft“ interviewed me, alongside Deborah Löschner, for an article on #DarkPatterns. The article is in German but very informative! www.spektrum.de/news/dark-pa...

Congratulations @laststrawberry.bsky.social!! Well done! 🎉🙌

Today might be remembered for many reasons, but I hope to carry these happy memories with me the longest! Thank you all very much!

During our workshop on Responsible and Ethical AI in CUI Technologies, with Nima Zargham, Rainer Malaka, and our Digital Media Lab, we had the great pleasure of welcoming a fantastic group of researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology, University College Dublin, and Stockholm University. 🎉

A couple more days 🎙️🎙️ Join us for a full-day in-person workshop to advance the discourse on Enhancing Human-Agent Interaction Through Thoughtful Persona Design at #MUM2024 in Stockholm. thomasmildner.github.io/DAIP/

Yesterday, I was fortunate to present my work on #darkpatterns and #responsibledesign at #TU/e. Thank you so much, Minha Lee, for having me. As always, it’s been a joy catching up and thinking about how to give people more agency when engaging with design. Hope to meet you soon again!

Didnt even realise: Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #986,810!

🎓Although a few days have already passed, I still cannot quite grasp it. Last Friday, I defended my dissertation at the University of Bremen. I'm deeply touched that I got to share this incredible moment with many friends, colleagues, and my family. Thank you all very much for being part of this! 💛

After what was an amazing 3 years, I submitted my dissertation at the University of Bremen, Digital Media Lab Bremen, titled: "Mitigating Dark Patterns Through Responsible Design - Ethical Design Considerations for Responsible Design" 🎉

Die Bayerische Datenschutzaufsicht hat die Cookie-Banner von etwa 1000 Webseiten überprüft und dabei zahlreiche Verstöße gefunden. Die Betreiber haben nun Post bekommen – und müssen ihre Seiten ändern. netzpolitik.org/2024/bayern-...

Für das #Bundesgesundheitsblatt haben wir über die möglichen Gefahren und Probleme durch #darkpatterns in digitalen #Gesundheitsanwendungen geschrieben. Großer Dank gilt meinen Co-Autoren Gian-Luca Savino, Johannes Schöning und Rainer Malaka! 🙌 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

When will I stop getting paranoid before submitting my final manuscripts to conferences? I have been double-checking any possible issues dozens of times and reuploaded the same files just to make sure that I have, indeed, submitted the latest and correct versions. #DIS2024

Do fair design patterns exist? blog.xot.nl/2024/02/07/d...

🙌 The pre-print for our #chi2024 paper ("Listening to the Voices: Describing Ethical Caveats of Conversational User Interfaces According to Experts and Frequent Users") is now available on #arXiv! arxiv.org/abs/2401.14746

📢 FINAL CALL! 📢 Seeking opportunities in #HCI, #CSCW, #XAI, #SocialMedia, #LLMs or #CoDesign for your #PhD or #Postdoc? Join my research team at CAIS in Bochum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 to advance #AITrust Apply now: stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=374be6 🚨Deadline: January 31st, 2024 🚨 #CHI24 #chi2024

We had Fortuna‘s blessing with this year‘s #chi2024. Two papers got conditionally accepted. Both address #ethics in #hci, highlighting the importance of countering problematic design in technologies. It was a joy working with so many amazing people on these studies!

Join our #CHI2024 workshop "#GenerativeAI in User-Generated Content" to discuss how #LLM & #AI will impact #socialMedia. Deadline: March 11 Workshop: May 12 To participate, submit an abstract/position paper Website: genai-in-ugc.github.io Paper: genai-in-ugc.github.io/chi24j-sub93...

As a professor at CAIS and the University of Wuppertal, I’m hiring 3 #phdjobs and 1 #postdoc in #HCI #XAI #CSCW Join me in Bochum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 to increase #Trust in #AI Through #CoCreation, #AlgorithmicAudits, & #FolkTheory stellenangebote.cais-research.de/de?id=374be6 #phdchat #CHI24 #chi2024

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🙌🎉Very happy to be co-organising this hybrid #ACMCHI #CHI2024 workshop on dark patterns, among fantastic people, to connect transdisciplinary researchers working toward user safety. If you’re interested in participating, online or on-site, we accept position papers until Feb 2nd, 2024📝

After 6 years, my 2nd gen iPad Pro's battery life had dwindled. Apple wouldn't swap it, only offering device replacement, which I found not very environmentally friendly and decided to fix it myself. Now I am even more grateful for right-to-repair regulations! Here's to another 6 years for my iPad!

In my research, I studied social media platforms for the presence of dark patterns, and I’m happy to not see the same here. Everything seems accessible and clean, and I hope it stays this way! Used to them by other apps, I'm missing some additional privacy settings and personal preferences, though.