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Quora
Raised as a usability problem by 317 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2010–2026), in 169 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
- 1Must log in before reading any answersUnreviewed
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- 4Dense page is hard to read and skimUnreviewed
- 1Must log in before reading any answersUnreviewed
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- 3Dense page is hard to read and skimUnreviewed
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- 14Cannot find a list of topics or tagsUnreviewed
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Every issue, all time, most people first
Must log in before reading any answersUnreviewed
20102026- Answers are unreadable without an account, though visible to search engine crawlers2026-02-23
- Clicking a link inside the site forces a login prompt instead of showing the page2025-07-26
- Pushed to install the app and content hidden unless logged in2025-02-07
Dark patterns push users to enter info and never leaveUnreviewed
20102026- Full of dark patterns drawing people in2024-04-18
- Grey dark-pattern UX makes it hard to figure out how the site works2021-12-14
- Uses dark patterns that push people into actions they did not choose2020-11-28
Dense page is hard to read and skimUnreviewed
20102026- Site is unusable for the commenter, reason not stated2025-11-05
- Layout is so confusing that the site is hard to read2024-02-03
- Website feels user-hostile, so the commenter avoids it2023-09-29
Search result links often show threads without the visible answerUnreviewed
20102026- Google results link to Quora questions that don't actually exist when clicked2024-05-12
- Confusing UX experience makes visitors avoid clicking Quora links from search2024-05-12
- Clicking a Quora search result shows similar questions instead of the answer2024-05-12
Mobile site unusable without installing the appUnreviewed
20102026- Page fully blocked until user installs the mobile app, no simple dismissal2020-05-23
- Forces people browsing on mobile to install the app2018-11-09
- Forced to use the app instead of the mobile site2018-05-31
Unsubscribe form is deliberately hard to useUnreviewed
20102026- Unsubscribe form is deliberately hard to use, making it difficult to opt out2016-02-15
- Unsubscribing still leaves people receiving emails, dark-pattern style2015-02-14
- Unsubscribe attempts are ignored, so emails keep arriving2013-02-14
No self-service account deletion; must email supportUnreviewed
20102026- No self-service delete option; must email support to delete account2014-05-25
- No in-app way to cancel; must email support to close account2013-08-30
- Account deletion is unavailable in the app, forcing users to contact customer service2012-08-15
Other questions' answers clutter the page, hiding repliesUnreviewed
20102026- Other questions' answers clutter the main question page, making replies hard to find2024-02-03
- Page is too cluttered to navigate on mobile, answers hard to find2023-08-15
- Topic pages show a jumbled pile of answers, so learning anything beyond snippets is hard2011-02-09
Site search works worse than searching Google for the siteUnreviewed
20102026- Quora's search interface is hard to use for finding past answers2022-04-10
- Quora pops up interrupting searches, making finding things more annoying2020-06-26
- Quora's own search works worse than using Google to search the site2015-08-13
Feed shows only one or two topics with no way to change itUnreviewed
20102026- Feed repeats the same questions daily and users can't find how to subscribe to topics2019-11-24
- Feed shows only one or two topics, with no way to counteract it2018-10-30
- No quick way to disable topics, so unwanted questions keep appearing in the feed2017-04-30
Site is very slow to respond to interactionsUnreviewed
20102026- Site is hard to navigate and frustrating to use2012-08-15
- Site is unbearably slow to interact with2011-12-10
- Page is very slow and nearly crashes the browser2011-08-02
Clicking register traps users in registration, unable to log inUnreviewed
20102026- Forced to registration page with no close button, can't get back to content2017-01-20
- Stuck on registration screen, forced to sign up before understanding the product2016-12-10
- Accidentally clicked register, now stuck in registration and can't log in2016-11-17
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 50 complaints
- Hard to tell an answer belongs to a different question than the one opened2026-05-18
- Mixes unrelated answers from other threads into the one being read, confusing users2026-05-18
- Answers are unreadable without an account, though visible to search engine crawlers2026-02-23
- Site is unusable for the commenter, reason not stated2025-11-05
- Ads disguised as comments, hard to tell ads from content2025-09-08
- Clicking a link inside the site forces a login prompt instead of showing the page2025-07-26
- Hard to find quality answers among unmonetized posts without knowing which Spaces to join2025-02-28
- Pushed to install the app and content hidden unless logged in2025-02-07
- Has to hunt for the answer among low-quality content2024-06-11
- Default view shows related-question answers, hiding the answers the user searched for2024-05-13
- Platform has become confusing to use overall2024-05-12
- Google results link to Quora questions that don't actually exist when clicked2024-05-12
- Confusing UX experience makes visitors avoid clicking Quora links from search2024-05-12
- Clicking a Quora search result shows similar questions instead of the answer2024-05-12
- Full of dark patterns drawing people in2024-04-18
- Quora pages are confusing and hard to find the content on2024-04-17
- Hard to browse; takes much clicking and waiting to expand replies and threads2024-03-06
- Hard to see actual content; threads need an account, which then spams you2024-02-04
- Related answers look identical to real answers, so users can't tell them apart2024-02-03
- Other questions' answers clutter the main question page, making replies hard to find2024-02-03
- Can't tell which text is the question versus an answer to something else2024-02-03
- Expanding replies makes the viewed comment vanish, forcing users to scroll to find it2024-02-03
- Snippets shown in search results don't match the page you land on2024-02-03
- Login wall and awful UX make visitors bounce instead of browsing further2024-02-03
- Merged questions, answers and recommendations into an incoherent layout, so users can't tell what they're viewing2024-02-03
- Reading an answer feels overwhelmingly disorganized and not intuitive2024-02-03
- Full-screen sign-in popup blocks content every time, forcing user to leave2024-02-03
- Hard to tell ads and related questions apart from real answers2024-02-03
- Layout is so confusing that the site is hard to read2024-02-03
- Ads look almost identical to content, so readers can't tell them apart2024-02-03
- Interface is so confusing the commenter avoids using it2023-11-21
- Users can't tell what they're looking at on Quora links2023-11-21
- Became a minefield of walls and dark patterns, so user leaves search results2023-11-21
- Site is so cluttered with ads that users are tricked into clicking them2023-11-21
- Forced app installation required to access Quora on phone2023-10-08
- Forced registration before viewing answers makes people leave the page2023-10-08
- Unrelated answers appear in second slot, so the user cannot find relevant answers2023-10-08
- Feed is very hard to navigate2023-10-08
- Hard to find useful information on the site2023-10-08
- Website feels user-hostile, so the commenter avoids it2023-09-29
- Terrible UI; often shows answers unrelated to the question searched2023-09-29
- Answer is buried under unrelated answers, ads and sponsored content, with truncation requiring more scrolling2023-09-26
- Feed filled with low-quality meme image responses, hard to find real answers2023-09-26
- Questions the user searched for show no answers when they open the Quora link2023-09-26
- Page is too cluttered to navigate on mobile, answers hard to find2023-08-15
- Hard to use Quora without logging in2023-07-01
- Content is hidden behind unkillable popups pushing people to log in or download the app2023-06-15
- Quora search result links often show threads where the answer can't be seen2023-06-05
- Finds it difficult to navigate when searching for an answer to a question2023-02-21
- Real questions and answers are interleaved with ads and unrelated content, hard to follow2022-12-23