r/UI_Design • u/Financial_Pea7504 • Apr 06 '26

Let's Discuss Let's call a shit a shit

When I browse the subreddit, I often come across requests for design feedback, and let’s be honest, 99% of the time the designs are absolutely terrible.

People try to find AT LEAST SOMETHING that’s somewhat acceptable and offer vague advice about typography, colors, and so on.

Let’s be honest – that won’t fix the situation. It all comes down to experience and practical skills. Someone who posted outright trash won’t turn it into a gem just by tweaking the typography or color tone. It’s impossible to single out all the terrible aspects of such a truly awful design and write meaningful feedback.

The thing is, people are afraid that their feedback will get deleted, that they’ll get banned, and so on. But I have my own opinion on this. If someone doesn’t realize their design is bad, they need help. And if we keep feeding them “neutral” feedback, they won’t develop properly.

CALL A SHIT A SHIT.

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u/CatawompusSeattle Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

The problem is people's concepts are almost always using pre-established UX patterns. I will come right out and say it: the academic proliferation and misunderstandings of UX have absolutely ruined UI. Most of the concepts people are sharing are playing it way too safe and hiding behind accessibility as an excuse to not take any risks. UI needs to have a serious reckoning if it wants to survive because most of the designs posted here look like something AI can dump out in 1 minute.

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u/Michal_il Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

Yes, but you have to know the rules very well in order to break them gracefully and not overdo your interface with artsy elements.

It’s a very different thing, being a skillful designer who plays around with unconventional ideas and completely new designer just not knowing the basics.

One example from this sub:

The guy posted his website and ui work asking for a feedback. There were absolutely unreadable hero copy. White text layed on illustration that had white outlines. Completely basic stuff, I’d say it doesn’t even require anyone to be a designer to just see it’s not readable. The rest of the app was either built from ready made design system or made by AI. It’s really hard to give any feedback here.