Less professional… more personal. (Less polish) But that’s just what I want.. maybe others hope it’ll help them with networking and career laddering.. which could be a great thing. But I personally am hoping it becomes more of an early Twitter / early dribbble vibe.

Forums vibe!

You want to see me create forum flashing gif signatures?

My signature banners once got so flashy other members got mad about it and asked me to size down to only one bouncing marquee

We’d make much sleeker sigs now

Speak for yourself. wweb3 tells me marquees are back

The eye searing volt colour ticker tape trend is kinda hot tho, I get it

I would hope it’s a genuine / honest mix of design as a career and the people behind it. I am a sucker for getting swept up in the $400k TC job chat at insert big company here so I do want to see cliche tech bro stuff but there’s also rockstars at some startup in Delhi…….

The incessant need to grow grow grow a company to please shareholders and stakeholders for the sake of valuation is what ruins most nice new things. Because some colossal boring dildo comes along and says “wow cool….how can THIS be the next *insert unicorn here*

I think you and I are going to have a differing opinion here. I work for a VC firm—it doesn’t have to be that way, nor is that the goal of all business!

You are right that hyper-growth has negative consequences, but Post isn’t going to solve late stage capitalism.

The way it’s linked to a profile that you should actually be filling out with your accomplishments is actually huge and underrated thus far.

Why do you think that’s underrated?

by underrated I just mean I don’t think anyone realizes how much of a shift that is. I think when I’m talking to people online and they can see my work without me actively bringing it up or gloating paves the way for chats to turn into jobs

I see what you mean. So it carries the burden of self-promotion so people don’t have to do it on their main feed?

Exactly.

Loving this about it — like an expanded bio that’s easy to access and has its own space to breathe… don’t have to cram everything in all at once.

More focus on support and opening opportunities to others. Less selling/content marketing jumbo

What do you consider selling and content marketing? Like, does a design course fall under that for you?

I’m thinking it comes across as the intention. If it’s someone who has a design course and is like “look this is cool check it out” the then that’s chill. If it’s more in the spectrum of someone saying “make $20k in 1 month with my design course: $50 off” then that gets old.

Ah I see. Thanks for clarifying

Less toxic design bro influencer bullshit more real talk, casual photos, sharing real work, etc

I do wonder how we can achieve that. Hopefully by making it inclusive and not just white tech bro culture.

Not sure, a mix of calling out the bullshit and not engaging with them. They can’t gain steam if they lack the engagement.

Yes! Also, the absence of quote Tweets/boosts should help.

Good point. Makes it a bit more difficult to cause harm.

No design influencing posts allowed

What is that?

Want to be cool like I am? Learn how in 5 easy steps 🧵👇

Not gonna lie, I clicked this post to see how to be cool like you and was disappointed to see nothing

😂😂

Fewer dudes with shitty takes

Sounds like someone doesn’t name their layers OR code… what do you do with all your time, actual good design work or something?

If you don’t name your layers, I don’t have time to waste working with you 🤣🤣🤣🤣

If you don’t name your layers, then you can’t have any pudding!

How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat??

Focus on positivity would be great

I agree. Your reply is the most relevant to me. The rest I have a hard time understanding.

Likewise!

Thanks for asking this! It’s so interesting to read through, and I love how the large themes are around increasing positivity and creating relationships.

The replies are interesting to me to. I have a fairly positive experience with twitter nowadays, so it’s a mind-trip to read some of it.

That’s good! I know for myself and for close friends, it’s very much been the opposite these last few months. Something new feels like a breath of fresh air. 🌱

I hope people open up more. Design is just a thing many of us do, it’s not the only thing (sometimes). I want to get to know people - not be inundated with the same regurgitated design thought ™️ over and over again.

I’m here for it! 👏 Let’s talk about poetry, coffee, photography, running, etc.

Yes! We all have so many different facets!

constructive criticism > hot takes

What’s a hot take for you?

hoping that this community is inclusive, supportive, and fun 🤞

Same

More weird tech and software experiments

“Weird tech” 😆

more real life photos/updates, and sharing more work. i’m hopeful that i can be more real and less branded here – that a personal post will read as honest instead of unprofessional

“honest instead of unprofessional” I feel that

No growth hacking. No influencing. Good vibes. More candid:real stuff

No follower/following counts visible on profile pages is such a nice change of pace.

Agree. Love the emphasis on the content and less vanity metrics

There’s a VSCO-vibe without the vanity metrics

Less clout chasing. more genuine connection, curiosity, dog pics, and brain sharing

did someone say “dog pics”?

This is the coziest doggo i ever did see 🥹❤️

Less design. I want to see what other creatives are listening to, eating, inspired by, etc.

I feel like that's what I primarily get with Design twitter. I want more straight-up design.

i wish there were more queer people tbh

*waves* hello from another queer designer!!

Authentic relationships and less room to game status

less self promo and more meaningful conversations

Less selling of notion templates, more quality content that is personal and down to earth 💫

It'll end up being similar. I'm just looking for less of the rest of the noise.

I hope we can leave the growth hack threads and clickbait hot takes behind. I’d love to see more women and their work highlighted here. Design Twitter is pretty Bro-tastic.

Less hot takes. Less trying to profit from other designers. Less courses. Less templates.

Maybe more rough, WIP stuff like the old dribbble days? 🥲

Not too crowded at the moment, reach is good, I started 10 minutes ago and got few followers, besides there is no bullshit just regular people sharing regular stuff, real work 🙌

And not : Here how to do it posts 🤦‍♂️

Less of this haha

Less bros, arguments, and hot takes. More care, inclusivity, discussion, and maker vibes.

I hope designs get likes based on merit and not just because someone “famous” did it

Less hot takes, more cozy pics 😅

Less hot design takes and more hot design work, please.

I think it’s a nice change of pace to other platforms and a good chance for authentic community engagement. With follower counts invisible, it’d make sense that people are more comfortable being their authentic selves too

Natural connections and collaborations. I get freshman year of college vibes here (in a good way). We’re all new. Let’s make friends! And see what happens.

I think it’s exactly like design Twitter - if not even more focused 🙈 (not necessarily a good thing)

lil bits of kind advice and opportunities for growth for self taught or beginner designers w/o in your face “buy my course” sales

More genuine interaction, less thought leadership grifting.

I hope it focuses more on building one another up, being inclusive of diverse backgrounds, and positively evolving the craft of design through constructive discourse. Less focus on hot takes or arguments that reflect poorly on the value of Design.

More raw WIP work plz

I’m tired of tutorials 🥲

hopefully connecting with designers and learning from one another without feeling unheard, esp for someone early in their career

Less cynicism and negativity / more positivity and mutual support

More design community in regards to sharing, critique, feedback, support, etc. and less “design thought leaders” just preaching.

Less self promotion, more people just doing cool shit but not needing to pump it all the time. Just exist! And then some actual critique and discussion of the industry, the disciplines and practice.

Positive vibes over negativity. Actual work being shared and constructive critique being provided. Somewhere we can all be friends.

Less reflexive. But, thats ultimately not a platform problem.

Less engagement baiting, less thought-leadership and less endlessly-talking-about-work-done-in-past-instead-of-what-people-are-working-on-now :)

Less hot takes to go viral, less influencers, more people sharing the cool stuff they make and getting real candid feedback, more diversity (please) and connection!!!

authentic, positive vibes... and, accepting regardless of whether your layers are named or not

cool experiments and genuine interactions :)

Less top level “rock star” designers who plague twitter. I don’t know how this community might change when they join here, because they will.

More discussing ideas in an open-minded way and less shouting how AI has replaced my job 🤞