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Medium: Misleading sign up.

Author
aruneshmathur
Date
3 May 2019
Publisher
Twitter

“Medium’s signup process is a #darkpattern. It may seem like the only way to create an account is using Facebook/Google, but you can still use email. 1) Go to the “Sign in” page, 2) Click on “Sign in with email”, 3) Enter your email, 4) Medium emails you an account creation link.”