Bots & novelty accounts are subject to arbitrary bans. Lampshade Hanging is subversion of asshole design techniques and should be tagged under 'Lampshading'. Satire is ridicule of asshole design techniques, and should be tagged under the 'Satire' flair. Satire and Lampshade Hanging is acceptable if tagged appropriately. Informational videos demonstrating malicious techniques, resources for combating assholedesign, etc. Some of our best posts have been from non-technical stuff. We're not limited to programming.Īsshole design goes beyond the computer screen. Make it easy to read, don't make it overly lengthy. Also, make sure your title is relevant to the post and descriptive of the design.

Please put some thought into your post and how you present the 'asshole design' in it. If your post doesn't talk about the way something is designed, don't post it here. For a list of retired topics that fall under this rule, check our wiki. To keep the subreddit's content fresh, we remove common topics and designs that have recently been posted by other users. If this is the reason why your post was removed, we don't know what we're supposed to be seeing. A clear and concise post title can go a long way. Please make it obvious what you’re trying to highlight. This rule is strictly enforced, and breaking it will lead to an immediate 7-day ban. 'Haha, so it's like an actual asshole in r/AssholeDesign, right?' STOP! Don't post dicks or butts to this sub. For common topics that fall under this rule, check our wiki. Try to think what the designer would gain from deceiving the user, and if it's likely to be an oversight on their part rather than an intentional design. Asshole designs are specifically engineered to exploit the user for profit. Usually, bad things happen not because of bad intentions, but because of bad planning. 'Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.' This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.Ĭheck out /r/Clickshaming and /r/AntiAssholeDesign as well! Rules 1. This is a subreddit for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. but they don't care because they're assholes.

For when the designers know exactly what they're doing.

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