Design Failures

Here we chronicle design failures that our predecessors have committed so that we don't follow in their footsteps... we hope.

See Also Design Ethics

Hilarious Gaffes and Humor

• Reuters & its policy of replacing the terms "queen" & "the queen" with "Queen Elizabeth." by Dan Graur on Twitter

Horrible results

• 20-Year-Old Robinhood Customer Dies By Suicide After Seeing A $730,000 Negative Balance by Sergei Klebnikov and Antoine Gara at Forbes. The balance reportedly caused him to commit suicide was the balance while waiting for other trades to clear -- had he understood it was only temporary, he may not have taken his life.