Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Online account signup
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2014–2023), in 5 threads.
People raised many different problems with Online account signup, 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
- No way to report that a confirmation email was not requested, so unwanted accounts stay active2023-06-03
- Can't change account email on some services; told to open a new account instead2020-07-14
- No way to tell services an email address was registered by mistake2018-04-07
- Cancelling a service requires calling, waiting, and listening to a sales pitch, while signup takes one click2018-02-17
- Signing up demands email and broad social account permissions just to learn basic information2014-03-28