Five patterns, live for you to try
Not a description, but something to experience yourself: five widespread interface patterns, each with a short, working demonstration. All examples are deliberately fictional, not a recreation of a real website.
Would you rather compare a whole page side by side instead of individual patterns? The before/after demo shows exactly that with a slider.
♾️ Infinite Scroll
Continuous content can make natural stopping points disappear. Scroll to the end, it keeps loading more.
Fictional demo entries, not real content.
▶️ Autoplay
Content starts before you actively decide to keep watching. The progress bar runs on its own, then the next item follows automatically.
🔁 Recommendation Loop
Recommendations can make continuing easier than stopping. Click "Next" to see the chain.
👥 Social Proof
Information about what others are doing right now can influence your own decision, regardless of the actual content.
A made-up number that changes randomly with every click, the way real systems often make it look plausible.
⏱ Countdown Timer
Time pressure can encourage faster, less considered decisions.
In this demo it just keeps running, there's no real offer behind it.
How these patterns would affect the Noise Guard Score
Not a separate, second rating, but the same principle Noise Guard already applies on real pages: how many of these patterns are active at the same time determines a rough classification.
0-1 patterns active at once
2 patterns active at once
3 patterns active at once
4-5 patterns active at once
This page here has all 5 patterns active at once, so it would count as "Intense" if it were a real website. More on the actual calculation on the methodology page.
Patterns aren't automatically bad
A countdown on a real flight price can be honest information. A recommendation can actually be relevant. The difference is whether a pattern informs or deliberately creates pressure, and whether you recognize it for what it is. That's exactly what Noise Guard wants to help with, making it visible instead of judging automatically.