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Becca Ricks

@baricks.bsky.social

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Researcher, technologist, artist. 🐚 Project Director, PTLC at Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social. she/her 〰️ Prev: Head of Open Source Research & Investigations @mozilla.org Foundation, Tech Fellow @hrw.org, engineering & art @ITP-NYU. nyc/slc

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Becca Ricks @baricks.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The team also produced a comprehensive taxonomy of 37 dark patterns, which is really helpful for understanding how deceptive design is showing up in AI chatbots: cdt.org/wp-content/u...

A snapshot of the taxonomy from the report

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Becca Ricks @baricks.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It's so good and I will definitely cite it in some writing. Back in 2019 I worked on a zine about the lulling warmth & fuzziness of Google Home devices, and I'm still thinking about this photoshoot our designer did for the zine, lol

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Becca Ricks @baricks.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Anyway it was an extraordinary experience enhanced by the beauty of the landscape and steady stream of texts from friends hyping me up

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