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Registration forms
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 19 years (2008–2026), in 8 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Registration accepts invalid emails and blank passwords silentlyUnreviewed
20082026- Email link returns to registration page, looping endlessly without completing signup2021-05-26
- Registration accepts invalid email and blank passwords, and shows no error messages2008-12-23
- A valid email address was rejected as invalid during registration with no explanation of requirements2008-07-11
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 8 complaints
- Registration forms are reinvented each time and often filled out awkwardly, with wrong validation2026-07-03
- Assembly manifest is hard to get right and poorly documented2022-07-03
- Newsletter opt-in checkbox is styled like required consents, so users tick it without noticing2021-10-18
- Email link returns to registration page, looping endlessly without completing signup2021-05-26
- Form data is collected and used even though the person never submitted it2020-06-01
- Required fields clear on failed submission, and checking no mailing category wipes the form2019-08-01
- Registration accepts invalid email and blank passwords, and shows no error messages2008-12-23
- A valid email address was rejected as invalid during registration with no explanation of requirements2008-07-11