The UX of Threads’ downfall
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
“When Threads launched, growth experts loved their onboarding strategy. “Wow, a one-click sign up!” many said. With one click, your profile is created. With another one, it is launched, already pre-populated.
That’s the starting point of most growth playbooks: less friction means higher conversions. I consider myself a business-minded designer, and I’m guilty of that too.
But it comes with a cost.”
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Editor picks
How personal should personalization be? →
At what point does AI-powered personalization become creepy?What’s the impact of Elon Musk’s leadership on end-user experience? →
Analyzing tech leadership approaches and alternatives.The features investors want are not the ones your users need →
Why UX should care about the business… but not too much.
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A deep analysis of 140+ live performances of the US National Anthem →
Make me think
All art is a copy of something →
“Sometimes an artist will see a beautiful landscape and try to express that beauty with paint on canvas or by taking a photograph. It’s a copy, in a way, that becomes something else because it goes through the mind, heart, and hands of the artist.”You don't need to document everything →
“People document everything now. Every mundane moment of their lives. As well as profoundly personal moments, from health scares to mental breakdowns to their first time seeing a baby after it’s born.”Names are complex →
“I came across an interesting problem I had to solve at work when we were building a reusable avatar component for our design system. Avatars are in frequent use on many websites including social media, content management systems, and any software that has the concept of a user or user profile.”
Little gems this week
Design for prevention, not protection →
Sincerity, is it any fun? — a liminal design perspective →
Customer Experience 3.0 is here →
Tools and resources
How to build better AI products with UX research →
Adapting research to explore AI’s new challenges.Effective communication strategies for designers →
Leading through design.3 paths with LottieFiles to master motion design →
Animating unicorns using Figma, After Effects, and more.
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