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Street signs
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2013–2023), in 5 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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Hard to know where to look for street signs, which are placed arbitrarilyUnreviewed
20132026- UK street signs are hard to find because they are attached to buildings2023-08-26
- Street signs with double-s spelling are confusing to read2017-07-04
- Hard to tell where to look for street signs; placed arbitrarily, some junctions missing them2013-04-09
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.