Antipersonas in UX

Summary: Antipersonas represent people who could misuse your product in ways that negatively impact target users and the business. Formalizing a description of the 8 aspects of an antipersonas can help a design team mitigate such risks.

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Sara Paul is an Experience Specialist with Nielsen Norman Group. She applies UX methodologies to enterprise product development and conducts international user research.

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