You vs. 1,000 Engineers - frequency social
Why Apps Are Designed Against You
At frequency, we are working to break these harmful design patterns and offer mindful, attention-respecting alternatives because we all deserve better π«Άπ»
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You vs. 1,000 Engineers - frequency social
Why Apps Are Designed Against You
We will only get better technologies when we start demanding them.
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You vs. 1,000 Engineers - frequency social
Why Apps Are Designed Against You
we need to "shift from the idea that success lies in endless growth to success lies in balance. [...] Where do we find that point where it's engaging, it's useful, we feel like we belong, but without getting addicted, drawn, depressed, thrown off-course by it?
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You vs. 1,000 Engineers - frequency social
Why Apps Are Designed Against You
When an app is free, you're not paying with money, you're paying with attention.
What do you pay when you pay attention?
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You vs. 1,000 Engineers - frequency social
Why Apps Are Designed Against You
As Jeff Hammerbacher, facebookβs first research scientist, said after working there: βThe best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads ... and it sucks.β
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You vs. 1,000 Engineers - frequency social
Why Apps Are Designed Against You
You wouldn't use a navigation app that deliberately took you to the wrong address or a calculator that gave you the wrong answer - so why do we accept similar behavior from our social media feeds?
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Beyond the Digital Detox - frequency social
Why willpower can't beat manipulative design
this begs the question: if the apps we use every day to keep in touch with our friends and family were designed with the goals of connection and healthy communication in mind, would we [...] need to take a break from them in the first place?
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02.01.2026 22:28 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Beyond the Digital Detox - frequency social
Why willpower can't beat manipulative design
This completely ignores the deliberatively manipulative design of the apps we open compulsively. There are literally 1000s of engineers, product managers, and behavioral researchers whose job it is to design the apps we use to be as addictive as possible!
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Beyond the Digital Detox - frequency social
Why willpower can't beat manipulative design
The issue with digital detoxes is that it puts the blame on us - it suggests that the issue is just that we have insufficient willpower and we could put our phones down at any time if we really wanted to.
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02.01.2026 22:28 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Beyond the Digital Detox - frequency social
Why willpower can't beat manipulative design
Unpopular opinion: you don't need more willpower. You need better designed apps.
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