4chan

Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2012–2025), in 9 threads.

People raised many different problems with 4chan, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 9 complaints

Nearly impossible captcha can lock users out of posting for an unknown time2025-04-15
A 15-minute post delay is infuriating and forces users to work around it2024-11-30
The site's interface is awful, making it hard to use2024-08-30
Old-school interface and quote/reply system act as a barrier that keeps newcomers out2024-01-09
Hard for newcomers to use, with no ranking or voting to surface worthwhile posts2021-04-23
Conversation layout is so confusing the commenter gives up each time2019-08-14
Outdated, confusing interface makes finding good discussions require learning to filter2016-10-14
Old layout required tons of horizontal scrolling on phones2012-04-28
Offset pagination makes threads repeat or shift, so reading linearly becomes nearly impossible2012-02-23