Products · Broad category
AI writing tools
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2019–2026), in 4 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with AI writing tools, 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 4 complaints
- Keeps repeating stock phrases and can't iterate on succinct writing2026-02-07
- Toolbar buttons lack tooltips and are not grouped into logical sections2025-02-04
- Sign-up required before seeing what the product offers, feels like forced spam consent2022-10-17
- Suggested texts in the dropdown are hard to read with strikeouts2019-02-06