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Pingdom
Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 6 years (2011–2016), in 6 threads.
People raised many different problems with Pingdom, 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 12 complaints
- API is slow and unusable from Australia, ignores query limit parameters2016-10-24
- Chat box and upgrade messages pop up repeatedly on every login, interrupting use2016-09-02
- Can't configure contacts; ghost contacts appear in one place but not another2014-06-18
- New interface is cluttered and form takes priority over function2014-06-18
- Took about 10 minutes to find the right page for an error2014-06-18
- Cannot exclude monitoring check sources by geography2014-06-18
- SMS gateway notifications come from varying numbers and are formatted strangely2012-12-10
- Marketing text keeps scrolling away, page load delayed by fade-in, hard to learn what product does2012-04-21
- Back button doesn't work; pricing link hidden under Features; confusing terminology2012-04-21
- Unclear how notifications would be delivered on the demo account tier2012-04-20
- Can't drag the scrollbar; dragging selects page text instead2012-04-20
- Commenter says Pingdom has a terrible user experience2011-07-07