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Online learning platforms
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2020–2026), 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 Online learning platforms, 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
- Courses force slow pacing and can't be skipped, so learners waste time2026-08-29
- Rejects correct answers unless entered in the exact expected format, forcing guesswork2024-07-30
- Students and teachers are forced to use an awful homework platform that was never usability tested2023-10-13
- Single day's math requires juggling four websites with separate logins2020-04-29