#darkpatterns

Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #darkpatterns from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.

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2
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
2
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~0/hr
Recent pace
Mastodon · last 40
0.1
Avg reactions / post
Mastodon · last 40

Day-by-day usage

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-07-27 09:45 UTC
0
07-21
0
07-22
0
07-23
0
07-24
1
07-25
1
07-26
0
07-27

2 uses by 2 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.

Related hashtags

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-07-27 09:45 UTC
#darkpatternssindkeineabkurzung
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#DarkPatternsFTC
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#darkpatternsdesign
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#darkpatternsindia
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#darkpatternsdigitalemanipulation
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#darkpatternsexposed
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d

Live pulse

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-07-27 09:45 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~1380 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 09:00

00:0012:0023:00

Languages: English (29) · Spanish (4) · French (2) · Danish (2) · German (1) · Italian (1)

Avg boosts / post: 1.1

Top of the latest posts

  • I just did a new step of self care. I've been subscribed to the digital version of my city's newspaper. This news site uses patterns of changing the articles many times a day, and changing the order of articles each time you view. And if yo

    Alex :v_agender:@[email protected]♥ 1↻ 02026-07-26 20:33 UTCView post →

  • Much food for thought at the tradeoffs between usability, security, and more. A consumer protection authority (CCPA) in India fined Zepto INR 700,000 a few months ago for using dark patterns. The amount is chicken feed compared with how muc

    Rohini Lakshané@[email protected]♥ 1↻ 12026-06-22 09:36 UTCView post →

  • I registered a domain name with Crazy Domains a year back. I do NOT recommend them. They have a little scam running. They "give" you a free product that you didn't ask for, and certainly don't need. In this case it was "domain guard". It's

    Ewen Bell 📸@[email protected]♥ 1↻ 12026-06-01 11:59 UTCView post →

Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/darkpatterns