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* [https://mobile.twitter.com/DanGraur/status/714167495511318529 Reuters & its policy of replacing the terms "queen" & "the queen" with "Queen Elizabeth."] by Dan Graur on Twitter | * [https://mobile.twitter.com/DanGraur/status/714167495511318529 Reuters & its policy of replacing the terms "queen" & "the queen" with "Queen Elizabeth."] by Dan Graur on Twitter | ||
==Horrible results== | ==Horrible results== | ||
* [https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/06/17/20-year-old-robinhood-customer-commits-suicide-after-seeing-a-730000-negative-balance/#7e6284359286 20-Year-Old Robinhood Customer Dies By Suicide After Seeing A $730,000 Negative Balance] by [[Sergei Klebnikov]] and [[Antoine Gara]] at [[Forbes]] | * [https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/06/17/20-year-old-robinhood-customer-commits-suicide-after-seeing-a-730000-negative-balance/#7e6284359286 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. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:39, 17 June 2020
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.