Pinterest usability problems

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Raised as a usability problem by 154 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 99 threads.

Ranked by people · period

This year (last 12 months)Last 5 yearsSince the beginning (2007)

No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.

1
Takes over Google Image search resultsUnreviewed
15 people in the last 5 years · 11 threads
2
Forced signup and image results that can't be clicked throughUnreviewed
11 people in the last 5 years · 9 threads
3
Image search results never lead to the actual source imageUnreviewed
5 people in the last 5 years · 5 threads

1
Forced signup and image results that can't be clicked throughUnreviewed
40 people since the beginning · 27 threads
2
Takes over Google Image search resultsUnreviewed
33 people since the beginning · 27 threads
3
Image search results never lead to the actual source imageUnreviewed
9 people since the beginning · 9 threads
4
Target image is a small thumbnail hard to find on the pageUnreviewed
3 people since the beginning · 3 threads
5
Ads look like regular pins, so users click them unknowinglyUnreviewed
3 people since the beginning · 3 threads

Every issue, all time, most people first

Forced signup and image results that can't be clicked throughUnreviewed
40 people since 2013, in 11 different years · none this year
20112026
Something wrong here?
Takes over Google Image search resultsUnreviewed
33 people since 2013, in 8 different years · none this year
20112026
Something wrong here?
Image search results never lead to the actual source imageUnreviewed
9 people since 2018, in 5 different years · none this year
20112026
Something wrong here?
Target image is a small thumbnail hard to find on the pageUnreviewed
3 people since 2018, in 3 different years · none this year
20112026
Something wrong here?
Ads look like regular pins, so users click them unknowinglyUnreviewed
3 people since 2017, in 3 different years · 1 this year
20112026
Something wrong here?

This list counts all time; the period switch above only changes the ranking. Each issue is a group of similar complaints raised by at least 3 people in 3 different months and threads. Each line under an issue is Claude Haiku's summary of one of its latest comments, not a quote; follow it to read the comment on Hacker News.

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.

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