Dark patterns are deceptive strategies that recent work in human-computer interaction (HCI) has captured throughout digital domains, including social networking sites (SNSs). While research has identified difficulties among people to recognise dark patterns effectively, few studies consider vulnerable populations and their experience in this regard, including people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), who may be especially susceptible to attention-grabbing tricks. Based on an interactive web study with 135 participants, we investigate SNS users' ability to recognise and avoid dark patterns by comparing results from participants with and without ADHD. In line with prior work, we noticed overall low recognition of dark patterns with no significant differences between the two groups. Yet, ADHD individuals were able to avoid specific dark patterns more often. Our results advance previous work by understanding dark patterns in a realistic environment and offer insights into their effect on vulnerable populations.

翻译：暗黑模式是一种欺骗性策略，近期人机交互（HCI）领域的研究已发现其遍布包括社交网站在内的各类数字领域。尽管已有研究指出人们普遍难以有效识别暗黑模式，但很少有研究关注弱势群体在此方面的体验，例如注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）人群——他们可能尤其容易受到吸引注意力伎俩的影响。基于一项包含135名参与者的交互式网络研究，我们通过比较ADHD与非ADHD参与者的结果，探究了社交媒体用户识别和规避暗黑模式的能力。与先前研究一致，我们注意到两组参与者对暗黑模式的整体识别率均较低，且无显著差异。然而，ADHD个体反而更频繁地成功规避了特定暗黑模式。我们的研究通过在真实环境中理解暗黑模式，推进了先前的工作，并为其对弱势群体的影响提供了见解。