2021/01/27 by G. Kovács, Geza Kovacs, Zhengxuan Wu +4 · 1 voice · 2 citations
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #H.5.2 #Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC) #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection #Spam and Phishing Detection #Technology Adoption and User Behaviour #cs.HC
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2101.11743
openalex publication_date 2021/01/27 · arxiv published 2021/01/27 · arxiv updated 2021/01/27 · openalex created_date 2022/07/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
How effectively do we adhere to nudges and interventions that help us control\nour online browsing habits? If we have a temporary lapse and disable the\nbehavior change system, do we later resume our adherence, or has the dam\nbroken? In this paper, we investigate these questions through log analyses of\n8,000+ users on HabitLab, a behavior change platform that helps users reduce\ntheir time online. We find that, while users typically begin with\nhigh-challenge interventions, over time they allow themselves to slip into\neasier and easier interventions. Despite this, many still expect to return to\nthe harder interventions imminently: they repeatedly choose to be asked to\nchange difficulty again on the next visit, declining to have the system save\ntheir preference for easy interventions.\n