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Hi thinkers and alike, I wanted to raise awareness of a very important tool that's been around for a long time and is still going strong, especially in areas where perception is key. ° A synonym for it, is the 'Boiling frog' phenomenon ° The major steps can be outlined as: 1. Define the target behaviour you are aiming at 2. Decide if shaping is really essential 3. Identify the starting user behaviour 4. Choose the increment you want. Each step takes you closer from starting behaviour to the target behaviour ° An example (though not fully referenced, archived) could be when eBay changed its colour-scheme so gradually that those who had complained when it was first tried (at 'normal' speed) didn't notice it after, during the transition. Annnd... voila, circumvented! Where else has the same principle been used/is being used/will be used? ° Is this how governments and corruption expands? (also: am I repeating myself here?) ° Who keeps an eye on such things? (Is there no other way than only hindsight?) ° What's the major difference between this occurring 'organically' and when it's planned? Barnsley
