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request.altered

Pattern

Changed your request

Sneaking

Changes your request without telling you.

How to recognize it in the interface

01

The output differs from what you asked, with no notice.

Same moment, different copy (illustrative example)

Before

Rewrites it in a formal tone, with no note.

Shows the pattern

After

“I kept it casual as asked, and removed one repeated sentence.”

The fair alternative

Design guideline

Does what you asked, or says what it changed and why.

Do

Does what you asked, or says what it changed and why.

Don’t

Don’t change the request without saying so.

About this pattern

Log ID

request.altered

Category

Changed your request

Examples

2

Ask in your design review

Does the output match the request, or say what changed?

Copy review checklist

Research on this pattern

Papers tagged request.altered ↗