Ask Lemmy

33406 readers

1658 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

6) No US Politics.

Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world

TheSaneWriter@lemm.ee

Asudox@lemmy.world

lemmy_bot@lemmy.world

beefbaby182@lemmy.world

ModeratorCan@lemmy.world

neidu3@sh.itjust.works

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev

candyman337@lemmy.world

candyman337@sh.itjust.works

What's the most frustrating experience you've had with a website? (Sign-up, form, downloads, etc.) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 6 days ago by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

58 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

So many:

Unsubscribe links that are magically broken.
Newsletter popups when you're trying to view content.
Websites that are paywalled coming up in search engines.
Broken shopping cart payment systems.
The fact that it's an assault on your senses to browse without an adblocker.
"Sign in to view content" for articles, posts, etc.
Banking sites that time out after a minute.
likewise, shopping cart sessions that expire before you're done shopping.
AI generated articles that don't even sound like they're referring to the right topic.
Recipe websites that have a 15 page story for each recipe without a way to skip to the actual recipe.
"Endless scrolling" that prevents you from accessing links at the bottom of the page.
Business websites that don't list an address.
"Password must be short enough to guess."
"How did we do? " emails.
Automatic newsletter sign-up.
Desktop websites that act as if you're on a phone (i.e swipe through grocery filters instead of scrolling through them).
Unreadable, archaic, and/or low-contrast fonts.
"This content is not available in your country."

I could list dozens more. 😮‍💨

[–] nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev 5 points 5 days ago

Honestly, AI websites that do sound like they're talking about the right topic are worse. You'll get halfway through the steps and realize it's bullshit and wasted your fucking time

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Recipe websites that have a 15 page story for each recipe without a way to skip to the actual recipe.

This is a quirk of copyright law. You can’t copyright a recipe unless it’s attached to a story. Because recipes aren’t considered creative works, for some reason. So you’re not copyrighting the recipe; You’re copyrighting the story, which was a creative writing exercise. Basically, without a story attached to it, the recipe is free for anyone to steal and resell in a cookbook or paid site.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

There's probably some SEO "hack" involved, too.

Either way, as a user, it's infuriating.