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Raised as a usability problem by 91 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 60 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Feed shows unfollowed content instead of only followed peopleUnreviewed
20122026- Defaults to a feed of strangers and engagement bait, not followed accounts2024-11-15
- Feed keeps showing content the user doesn't want, even after muting and blocking2024-01-08
- Feed surfaces egregious posts, forcing users to repeatedly hide them to get decent content2024-01-08
Deleting Threads silently deletes linked Instagram accountUnreviewed
20122026- Forced to link Instagram account, so the user loses anonymity2023-11-27
- Signing up requires Instagram, and deleting the account also deletes Instagram2023-10-27
- Deleting Threads also deletes the linked Instagram account without clear warning2023-07-19
Hard to use Threads on a computer without a phoneUnreviewed
20122026- Threads website is absolutely unusable on mobile2026-09-28
- Threads are so hidden that the commenter avoids using them2025-10-20
- Commenter can't figure out how to use Threads without a phone on a computer2023-07-12
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
- Threads website is absolutely unusable on mobile2026-09-28
- The tiny menu icon often opens the thread instead, so people misclick2026-07-08
- Account creation fails in Europe because of a broken authentication system2026-05-20
- No easy way to bulk delete comments and likes, making cleanup impossible2026-05-14
- Sends daily notifications for suggested posts, and Instagram notifications open random Threads posts2026-01-19
- Users find Threads feels unusable when they actually try it2025-12-24
- Threads are so hidden that the commenter avoids using them2025-10-20
- Profile creation and follow flows pushed through Instagram, described as dark patterns2025-02-11
- Couldn't see the download button, and it stands out too much in dark mode2024-12-30
- Can't tell who is replying to whom in a discussion2024-11-25
- Defaults to a feed of strangers and engagement bait, not followed accounts2024-11-15
- Sports posts from days ago show up on the front page, making real-time engagement impossible2024-11-15
- Activity screen is flooded with "picked for you" suggestions, pushing unwanted content2024-11-12
- Can't find the setting to enable Fediverse sharing on Threads2024-08-29
- Can't find interesting or new people to follow on Threads2024-07-14
- Option to enable fediverse integration only appears after force quitting the app2024-03-21
- Weird UI quirks and reachability failures hurt daily use2024-02-06
- Same posts reappear on iPad after scrolling them on iPhone; no read tracking2024-02-06
- Pressing back shows the original feed, which then promptly updates2024-01-08
- One click on a suggested post floods the feed with similar content2024-01-08
- Feed keeps showing content the user doesn't want, even after muting and blocking2024-01-08
- Feed surfaces egregious posts, forcing users to repeatedly hide them to get decent content2024-01-08
- After logging in, it keeps prompting to download the app to set up a profile2024-01-08
- Web login immediately prompts app download, so the site can't be used in a browser2024-01-08
- Feed takes tens of seconds to show up-to-date posts; requests lag2024-01-08
- Recommendation feed is badly tuned and poorly serves what users see2024-01-02
- Shows partial comments but sends you to download page instead of full comment2023-12-25
- Threads notifications are very hard, sometimes impossible, to turn off2023-12-24
- Forced to link Instagram account, so the user loses anonymity2023-11-27
- Self-replies get no priority, so a thread can't be built and additions get hidden2023-11-12
- Back button is broken, so navigating away from pages doesn't work2023-11-09
- Signing up requires Instagram, and deleting the account also deletes Instagram2023-10-27
- Keeps getting prompts in Instagram to open Threads, which feels like pushing2023-10-04
- Can't select thread text to copy and paste elsewhere2023-10-04
- App screen freezes and posts intermittently fail to display properly2023-09-15
- Login with banned Instagram account shows cryptic HTTP 429 rate limit error2023-08-25
- Desktop site only shows a QR code forcing users to download the mobile app2023-08-22
- Blocking or muting accounts doesn't stop feed filled with influencers and gossip2023-07-28
- No way to discover how to rebuild their Twitter network on Threads2023-07-28
- Users on the web get confused about how to sign up or access the product2023-07-28
- Feed shows unfamiliar accounts and few posts from followed accounts2023-07-28
- Deleting Threads also deletes the linked Instagram account without clear warning2023-07-19
- No way to see a list of followed people or a feed of only their threads2023-07-18
- Following list is hidden; the follower count is not obviously a link2023-07-18
- Unwanted content fills the feed and resetting it to interesting posts is hard2023-07-16
- Feed fills with muted-user placeholders, and no option to show only followed users2023-07-15
- Interface and user experience are painful enough to discourage use2023-07-14
- Commenter can't figure out how to use Threads without a phone on a computer2023-07-12
- Can't see only followed accounts' posts; endless feed of unwanted posts2023-07-11
- Can't browse on the web, forced to download the app; can't search keywords or hashtags2023-07-10