# Help Me Come Up With A Clever Name For This Modern Trend (Described In OP) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 22, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457 "2019-07-22T15:40:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/1 "2019-07-22T15:40:18Z")
I’ve noticed this on website that want you to sign up for their email newsletter, or create an account, or allow them to give you notifications, or whatever. You’ll get a popup that says something like: OPTION 1: Yes, I want to sign up for your newsletter. OPTION 2: No thanks, I prefer to be kept in the dark. …as if they’re trying to shame you into doing what they want you to do. Best I can come up with is “sign-up shaming,” but that’s unwieldy and only covers one aspect of the phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/2 "2019-07-22T18:43:59Z")
Snark. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/3 "2019-07-22T18:45:45Z")
Insultichoice ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/4 "2019-07-22T20:56:35Z")
“Forfeiting my business forever.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/5 "2019-07-22T21:55:21Z")
Adsplaining. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/6 "2019-07-22T22:23:28Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > …as if they’re trying to shame you into doing what they want you to do. I think that’s just called “passive-aggressive marketing”. Old as time and the mark of a product that can’t survive on word-of-mouth. Yes, I want to save money! / No, I don’t want to save money Enter your email for a chance to win \_\_\_\_! / No thank you, I don’t want free stuff Sign me up, I love kittens / No, I don’t love kittens ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/7 "2019-07-22T23:58:23Z")
Sop’s choice. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/8 "2019-07-23T00:24:25Z")
“Nice try.” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/9 "2019-07-23T12:13:36Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > Insultichoice Nice. I was trying to come up with something involving insulting your customer and couldn’t get it down to 2 words, let alone 1. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/10 "2019-07-23T12:30:26Z")
Noptions. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/11 "2019-07-25T06:04:07Z")
Clickshame. Like “clickbait”,which you usually are ashamed to admit that you fell for it. In the OP’s example, they are openly and proudly shaming you , so why deny it? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/12 "2019-07-25T12:46:12Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Clickshame. > > Like “clickbait”,which you usually are ashamed to admit that you fell for it. In the OP’s example, they are openly and proudly shaming you , so why deny it? Which is the name for [the subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Clickshaming/) (a subset of [asshole design](https://www.reddit.com/r/assholedesign/)). So Clickshaming appears to be the current term for the concept. And you’ll find a lot of examples in the first link, and some in the second. (I discovered the first subreddit just a few days ago, due to the Humble Bundle example. And then the Trump campaign example.) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/13 "2019-07-25T13:55:31Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Which is the name for [the subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Clickshaming/) aww, shucks!.. And I thought I was proposing an original idea. Dammit. How dare all those other folks on the net create a whole forum without telling me? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/14 "2019-07-25T14:33:03Z")
My Favorite recent one of these was when Twitter’s app put up a message saying that Twitter wanted more permissions to my phone and contacts to “better serve me blah blah blah” and the two options were YES and LEARN MORE. F You Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/15 "2019-07-25T20:30:04Z")
Usually the ESCape key works, or there’s an X icon that will close the popup, so you don’t actually have to make Sophie’s choice. Oh, and without downplaying the holocaust or anything like that, I’ll propose “Sophie’s choice.” ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/16 "2019-07-25T20:45:02Z")
Men’s Health does that. The choices will be something like “yes, send me healthy recipes that will give me a six pack” or “no, i prefer to be fat and alone forever.” ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/17 "2019-07-25T23:18:25Z")
Sarcadvertisements. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-come-up-with-a-clever-name-for-this-modern-trend-described-in-op/837457/18 "2019-07-26T13:32:30Z")
There’s also this [shame bell](https://www.myinstants.com/instant/shame-bell/) for extra gravitas.