this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2026
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Bad UI Battles
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For intentionally bad and silly user interfaces.
What do I submit?
- A video, gif, or link of your UI in action
Can I share the UI/source code in the comments?
- Yes, please do. It's fun to play with your projects.
- Please leave the source code as a git service (or similar service) link
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Be kind. We're here to have fun
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No racism, sexism, or other kind of discrimination will be tolerated.
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All posts must be a video/gif submission for an intentionally bad UI design or a request for an intentionally bad UI
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Would you agree that it is bad UI, or do you just expect social media platforms to be this way nowadays for users who are not logged in (to mitigate spamming of the search functionality I guess)?
Search is pretty expensive in terms of CPU and RAM usage, so it's a common target in DDoS attacks and I'm not too surprised that they lock it down. Github also requires you to log in to use their code search.
Yeah I still remember the time in 2017 where search was not as locked down (on github) as it is today. I kind of miss it.
Yes, I would agree. Don't get me wrong, bsky is kind of not my thing in general lol