RetroShare

Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2012–2020), in 9 threads.

People raised many different problems with RetroShare, 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

Confusing to set up and very slow to transfer files2020-03-27
Overwhelming and confusing for newcomers2018-04-03
Interface is so unpalatable the commenter won't adopt it2015-07-05
Interface feels too cluttered, making group setup hard to achieve2015-07-05
Friends must import and export public keys by hand before they can start2015-07-05
GUI described as unusable and confusing2014-01-26
Can't tell from the icon whether files are shared with the world or no-one2013-09-30
PGP web of trust is not the most user friendly2013-09-09
Interface is described as disgustingly bad, with no specific problem named2013-07-03
UI is too clunky to use comfortably2013-06-08
Interface is so poor the commenter can't bring themselves to use it2013-06-08
Couldn't figure out how to set up; documentation scarce and forums unhelpful2012-01-14