Framer just dropped something unexpected. And I'm still not sure how I feel about it.
The new social layer is genuinely interesting. Real-time feedback from peers, a proper home for component sharing, project discussions that don't happen in random DM threads. For a community that's been scattered across Twitter and Discord, this could actually work.
But here's my hesitation.
Framer built its reputation on being the serious tool. The one designers chose when they were done playing around. Adding a social feed to that risks turning it into something noisier — and I've seen enough "community-first" pivots bury the product underneath the engagement mechanics.
The upside is real: tighter feedback loops, a richer ecosystem, less friction between building and sharing. That's valuable.
The downside is also real: interface clutter, the pull toward creating for the feed instead of the client, and a slow drift away from what made the tool worth learning in the first place.
Maybe it works. Maybe it's exactly what the Framer community needed and I'm being overly cautious.
But I keep coming back to the same question — when I open Framer, I want to build. Not scroll.
Design-first or social evolution — where do you actually land on this?
