[stetrain]

I think they exist to simplify the flow for the subset of users who end up using the Reset Password link each time their session expires.

And I think that subset is much larger than some would expect.

[asdfqwertzxcv]

This. You'd be amazed how many users just do a password reset each time to login instead of remembering their login info.

[chalupa-man]

My father has insisted on doing this for over 20 years, but he doesn't know how to do it himself. I expect a password-reset phone call from him every 2 or 3 days and have done since 1998. Just recently he had someone from his bank's IT department call him directly about resetting his password over 500 times.

[exikyut]

I'm not sure if he's still doing it but someone put together https://theuserisdrunk.com/ and https://theuserismymom.com/ a few years back... I wonder if you could do something similar here, given the level of absolute predictability that seems to be involved.

I sadly can't put my finger on what's so compelling about this, just that my "oh that person should talk to a UX team lead!" meter just went plink