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Myspace
Raised as a usability problem by 47 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2007–2022), in 40 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
Custom profile pages are cluttered, low-contrast and hard to readUnreviewed
20072026- Terrible UI that made the site hard to use compared to Facebook2020-10-04
- Customizing the profile requires pasting raw CSS into a field, which is hard to do2020-05-02
- Custom profile pages looked cluttered, low-contrast and misaligned, hard to read2019-01-30
Pages are slow, have unreadable backgrounds and auto-play musicUnreviewed
20072026- Page loads slowly and auto-plays loud music, video and animations, making it hard to control2015-07-09
- Profile pages force auto-playing music and clashing colors, hurting readability and system performance2014-04-21
- Pages were painfully slow, had unreadable backgrounds, and auto-played music2012-10-04
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 48 complaints
- Giving users too much control made the site completely unusable2022-07-29
- Site was basically unusable during peak traffic times2022-02-06
- Custom profile code auto-plays videos and slows or crashes the browser2021-10-27
- Cannot get past the captcha on Firefox mobile2020-11-30
- Terrible UI that made the site hard to use compared to Facebook2020-10-04
- Customizing the profile requires pasting raw CSS into a field, which is hard to do2020-05-02
- Site became horribly slow and felt broken at peak usage2019-10-14
- Pages look chaotic and cluttered, like a dumpster fire2019-01-31
- Custom profile pages looked cluttered, low-contrast and misaligned, hard to read2019-01-30
- Posting an update refreshed the entire page, making it clunky to use2018-12-20
- Regular users can edit profile CSS, making the interface terrible2018-04-20
- Custom profile styling made the page unusable for visitors2017-02-18
- Custom themes make pages unreadable, forcing users to select text to read it2016-09-15
- Each move between sections forced a full page load stuffed with ads2016-08-16
- Page loads slowly and auto-plays loud music, video and animations, making it hard to control2015-07-09
- Customized pages auto-play loud music and bury visitors in clutter and images2015-03-06
- Event listings became unusable after a redesign, no longer a useful directory of shows2015-03-06
- Pages feel cluttered and disorganized, making browsing unpleasant2015-03-06
- Profile pages force auto-playing music and clashing colors, hurting readability and system performance2014-04-21
- Site design prioritised looks over user experience, making it feel hard to use2012-12-05
- Pop-up music players and jumping to Myspace radio after a chosen song2012-10-21
- Pages were painfully slow, had unreadable backgrounds, and auto-played music2012-10-04
- Mouse users must find and drag a horizontal scrollbar, unlike expected behavior2012-09-25
- Defaults to French and makes it very confusing to change language2012-08-22
- Site was a cluttered mess that got stale over time2012-08-12
- Site was slow and often seemed down, hard to use2012-05-01
- Ads and forced clicks make the site annoying to use without adblock2011-03-26
- Returning to profile shows a 'must be logged in' message even when already logged in2011-03-25
- Inconsistent, cluttered profile pages with clashing fonts and colors2011-03-25
- Hard to navigate around the site, and it looks cluttered and ugly2011-03-25
- Hard to find the setting that turns off flashing profile elements2011-03-25
- Custom profile designs bury important information under cluttered layouts, hard to find2011-03-25
- Interface described as confusing and gimmicky, hard to navigate2011-03-11
- Friends' custom page styles make text unreadable with no way to turn them off2011-03-04
- Customised pages are so cluttered that they become hard or impossible to read2011-02-06
- Users' profile pages were too freely customizable, producing a horrible experience2011-02-05
- Users can't find buttons on others' custom-styled pages, and songs autoplay on load2011-02-03
- Deleting a profile is an unpleasant, frustrating multi-step process2011-01-12
- Pages are too slow to load due to many elements and images2010-11-19
- Profile management tools are clunky and annoying to use2010-11-14
- Can't find shows by venue in the new going-to-show feature2010-06-07
- Pages outside profiles look outdated and need a design update2010-02-18
- Profile pages are cluttered, with flash ads and busy customization making them hard to look at2010-02-18
- Browser crashes or slows down, auto-playing music clashes, unreadable yellow-on-orange text2009-07-03
- Simple tasks take six clicks and logging in is difficult2009-05-14
- Site is ugly and has crappy usability2008-08-15
- Must click through every friend's page to see updates, which is slow2007-07-23
- Interface could be faster and more streamlined; users tolerate clutter because of existing friends2007-04-20