Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Social logins
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2012–2022), in 6 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.
Every issue, all time, most people first
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 6 complaints
- Login buttons actually create an account, tying users to Facebook or Google unexpectedly2022-03-12
- Can't remember which social account was used to register2014-07-02
- Users forget which social network they signed up with and keep trying others2014-01-02
- Social logins lower login rate and add extra effort for legitimate users2013-09-10
- Users unfamiliar with logging into one site using another site's credentials find it confusing2013-03-21
- Social login causes many people to fail to complete signup2012-10-03