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Disqus
Raised as a usability problem by 41 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2008–2025), in 35 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Comment section makes pages load slowlyUnreviewed
20082026- Comment links are hard to find and reach, requiring many steps and searches2023-10-13
- Comment section makes pages load slowly2021-02-05
- Comments take about 8 seconds to appear before users can read them2019-02-21
OpenID login removed from frontend, locking users out of accountsUnreviewed
20082026- Account signup left a half-created account with no way to log in or reset password2017-10-09
- OpenID login removed from the frontend, so user cannot access their account2013-04-25
- Struggled for days getting OpenID login to work, eventually gave up2011-08-26
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 43 complaints
- Cancelling the subscription requires emailing them instead of a self-serve option2025-09-30
- Comment links are hard to find and reach, requiring many steps and searches2023-10-13
- Confusing legal terms make people accept tracking cookies without understanding them2021-05-06
- Comment section makes pages load slowly2021-02-05
- Page fails to load at first, then loads after 5-10 second delay2021-02-05
- Login fails with a form error in Firefox, and the commenter can't find a fix2021-02-05
- Unsubscribing is full of dark patterns that push users into staying2021-02-05
- Logged-in comment box never appears; login repeatedly fails with form errors2020-02-13
- Comments are semi-broken when third-party cookies are blocked2019-06-05
- Comments take about 8 seconds to appear before users can read them2019-02-21
- Regularly has trouble logging in and posting, and pages load very slowly2017-11-13
- The overall user experience is clunky and awkward to use2017-11-12
- Got confused by errors after closing and reopening the page mid-login2017-10-11
- Email is entered on the first page then asked again later, confusingly.2017-10-10
- Account signup left a half-created account with no way to log in or reset password2017-10-09
- Users leave the site and lose branding to create an account and sign in2017-04-22
- Comments move down the screen randomly while the user is reading them2017-04-22
- Disqus comment widget is slow and noisy, hard to use2017-04-22
- Disqus comments on mobile fail to load and the interface is clunky2016-11-08
- Comments spin forever on mobile with no retry except full page reload2016-01-01
- Twitter share link sits where the thumb touches while scrolling, causing accidental taps2014-05-13
- On articles with hundreds of comments, it's nearly impossible to browse top-level comments2014-03-22
- Commenting widget doesn't let the commenter post comments2014-02-21
- Slow load times, overzealous spam filtering, and poor social integration2013-10-22
- Comments take long to load after the page, sometimes never load, forcing refresh2013-10-16
- Notification links to replies lead nowhere, so the reply can't be found2013-09-08
- OpenID login removed from the frontend, so user cannot access their account2013-04-25
- Ads get turned back on after being disabled, so the user must recheck the setting monthly2013-02-14
- Merge prompt hides what guest comments are and offers no way to delete them first2013-02-14
- Can't turn off notification emails because Google sign-in doesn't allow changing settings2012-12-17
- Comment is lost after typing it when forced signup fails or breaks2012-11-05
- Can't find specific comments in threads due to slow UI, forced pagination, no search2012-08-15
- Keyboard focus is invisible and login and signup buttons do nothing without JavaScript2012-05-04
- Disqus bloats page size and requires JavaScript, breaking text browsers2012-03-22
- Paging of 900+ comments in pages of 10 is hard to navigate2011-10-28
- Can't see which of their own comments received votes2011-08-26
- Struggled for days getting OpenID login to work, eventually gave up2011-08-26
- Theming is nearly impossible; CSS overrides break whenever Disqus changes its code2010-08-09
- Confusing setup sections for embedding comments on own blog2009-08-25
- Submit gives no error, only a faint pink border; unclear what went wrong2009-07-08
- Hundreds of unsorted, unthreaded comments with no way to filter, sort, or group2009-03-05
- Registration prompt is so prominent it discourages posting comments2008-11-12
- Browser back button requires clicking twice after logging in2008-04-12