Addictive websites

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Hi! My name is Bart

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I work at web agency Netlash

... and a few other companies:

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Addictive websites

Design for Persuasion 2009

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Websites are designed for people

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People don’t always act rational

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Some basic human traits that are engrained in our brains...

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Goal: make you aware of these traits and use them consciously

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With great power comes great responsibility

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5 basic human traits that are engrained in our brains:

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1. Collecting

2. Social Validation

3. Reciprocity

4. Commitment

5. Discovery

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1. Collecting

2. Social Validation

3. Reciprocity

4. Commitment

5. Discovery

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1. Collecting

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1. Collecting

We like to collect thingsWe like our collection to be complete

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1. Collecting

2. Social Validation

3. Reciprocity

4. Commitment

5. Discovery

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2. Social Validation

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2. Social Validation

We will do what the crowd does

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2. Social Validation

We will do what the crowd does

“the bandwagon effect”

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2. Social Validation

We will do what the crowd does

“the bandwagon effect”

(sorry to disappoint you)

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1. Collecting

2. Social Validation

3. Reciprocity

4. Commitment

5. Discovery

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3. Reciprocity

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3. Reciprocity

If you buy me a cup of coffee,I feel obliged to buy you one back

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3. Reciprocity

MySpace -> Tom!

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3. Reciprocity

Free Shipping!

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3. Reciprocity

Free Shipping!

(beware: it has to be unconditional)

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1. Collecting

2. Social Validation

3. Reciprocity

4. Commitment

5. Discovery

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4. Commitment

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4. Commitment

We convince ourselves to be consistent

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4. Commitment

We convince ourselves to be consistent

Once on a path, we’ll continue on that path, and will rationalise it.

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4. Commitment

Small steps!

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4. Commitment

Piramid

1 Creators10 Commentators100 Lurkers1000 Strangers

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1. Collecting

2. Social Validation

3. Reciprocity

4. Commitment

5. Discovery

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5. Discovery

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5. Discovery

Dopamine

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5. Discovery

We like to discover new things

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5. Discovery

We like to discover new things

Use that curiosity

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1. Collecting

2. Social Validation

3. Reciprocity

4. Commitment

5. Discovery

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More basic human traits

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More basic human traits

Concession, scarcity, fear of loss, the endowment effect, choice, Hawthorne effect, clustering illusion, availability cascade, authority bias, competition, zero-risk bias...

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More soon on the Netlash blog:

www.netlash.com

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Questions?

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Design for Persuasion - 1/10/2009

Bart de Waelebart@netlash.com

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