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Donations
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 13 years (2014–2026), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Donations, 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 5 complaints
- Monthly donation option is hidden; user had to search for the footer link2026-02-18
- Donating requires finding a debit card or bank transfer, adding friction that lowers motivation2024-04-04
- Donation request is so long it takes two screens to scroll past on phone2019-08-21
- Donating asks for personal details, defaults to recurring payments, then redirects to PayPal2016-05-11
- Donate button hard to see on mobile2014-02-10