Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Websites with email address validation
Raised as a usability problem by 3 people on Hacker News over 12 years (2015–2026), in 3 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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Plus-sign emails rejected, so login to fix the address failsUnreviewed
20152026- Sites reject valid plus-addressed emails, forcing workarounds2026-06-10
- Sites refuse valid .dev email addresses or let accounts break2021-01-25
- Sites stop accepting plus-sign emails and users can't log in to fix the address2015-08-04
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.