Canva's massive template library makes finding a suitable template overwhelming
A Canva user describes giving up after being unable to locate a template they liked among thousands of options, finding the sheer volume overwhelming rather than helpful. This reflects a common discovery/search UX problem in products with very large template or content libraries.
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