23 Category · Annoying On Purpose

Annoying On Purpose

Web pranks, broken-by-design UX and dark patterns. Most courtesy of Frustrated.io.

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Hand-picked annoying on purpose

GDPR compliance, Frustrated.io edition. Your options are presented in full. All 1,247 of them. Take your time.

A button that does not want to be clicked. Move your cursor toward it. Watch what happens. Frustrated.io UX nightmare.

You pressed Cancel. Your dating profile has been published. This action cannot be undone. Congratulations on your new profile.

A faithful recreation of every streaming cancellation flow. Fourteen confirmation screens to cancel. You will laugh, then recognise this.

Claim your free $100 Amazon gift card. The steps are right there. You've definitely earned it. Follow the steps.

You wanted to Reject All cookies. The button just wants to understand your concerns first. It will move out of the way. Eventually.

You pressed Cancel. Are you sure you want to Cancel? No, really. Are you absolutely sure? The dialogue has more steps.

The CAPTCHA has reached a verdict. You are a robot. The decision is final. You may not appeal. Please try again.

Fill out a dating profile on a dating site that has already decided what you should say. You have input. The form has opinions.

Just type your name. The field will handle the rest. The field handles things differently than you expected.

Loading... 99%. Almost there. Just a moment more. Hold on. Nearly done. The bar has been at 99% since before you were born.

Prove you are human. Again. One more. Traffic lights again. Yep those too. The captcha has standards.

The page is fine. Everything is fine. The page is just slightly different than it was a moment ago. It is fine.

Type anything in the search bar. The search bar has thoughts about what you searched for. Not supportive thoughts.

Just a quick security check before we continue. Should not take more than a minute. Famous last words.

The Skip Ad button is right there. You can see it. It exists. This is a promise. It is also a lie.

TEXT THAT SHAKES. BECAUSE WHY NOT. FRUSTRATED.IO PRESENTS: TEXT THAT SHAKES. YOU ARE WELCOME.