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Ask HN: Website with worst UX or Registration experience

4 points by shermablanca ↗ HN
I came across a website that had HN users seeing if they could complete a registration process. People posted their times (13 minutes, 30 mins etc) in the comments. I can't seem to find it.

Does anyone remember what this was? Or have examples of websites that are similar?

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neoCrimeLabs
I wanted to say LinkedIn, but realized registering was easy. Avoiding the dark patterns claiming to be "verification" is what takes time and effort. :-)

Thanks for asking about this, never ran across userinyerface before.

Normille
Not specifically registration, but some sites just make using them so annoying that, a lot of the time, I just give up in frustration and take my business elsewhere.

* Any site [like eBay] which uses reCAPTCHA. But even more so, any site which uses reCAPTCHA as a 2nd stage in the login process, AFTER I've already correctly entered my username and password.

* Any site [like PayPal] which insists I use 2FA, but only offers SMS as the two-factor option. I live in an area with no phone signal. So, every time I buy something using PayPal, I literally have to go outside and climb part way up a hill opposite, to receive the damned confirmation code.

* Any site [like eBay & Amazon] which greets me by name, shows me my purchase history, lets me view my account, add things to my shopping basket, etc. But then suddenly asks me to login, when I try to do some trivial thing, like change a preference.

iamevn
This is not what you're looking for but the IRS wouldn't let me make an account on their website without mailing me a piece of paper with a passcode on it. This was a few years ago though so maybe they've improved since then.