I love this so much. I literally mute 90% of other designers on all platforms because I’m so nervous that I am going to accidentally consume something, copy them down the line, and then get cancelled for it. Please keep shouting about this because I’d love to get to a world where we say “same!”
Yes!!!! I will 🫡 and another take I have is that if we’re consuming content more consciously, we can cite our inspiration better and it becomes easier to give credit vs accidentally absorb something!
Sooo valid! And isn’t that so sad that we’re doubting / fearing our work instead of just being able to celebrate that we can share similar tastes / genius and not be wrong for it
🤯🤯🤯 this was a super fucking valuable read and I’m kind of stunned now by the realizations. Also it’s highlighting and putting language to why substack has felt like such a warm and cozy place for me to hang lately. I’ve seen so many creators linking to others’ work (websites, other substacks & articles, social posts etc) within their own articles and notes that riffing on the words and thoughts of others just feels natural, seamless, and welcomed here, whereas Instagram specifically feels clunky in this aspect.
Yes yes yes yes!! This space is designed for citing sources and having collective convos rather than claiming everything we state as our own first and foremost. I fucking love it! I’m so glad this resonated with you 🤍
Ok, I love this one for many reasons, but one of which is - your timing is [per usual] perfect. Last week Caroline, from our LOTP crew, posted a carousel, and in it, there was a line that just hit home for me, exactly what I needed to hear in the moment I was in. I really wanted to create a post around it with my take on that line. So - I messaged her, sent her a draft of the post and asked her permission if I could post because I plan on tagging her in it when I do post it. She loved that I asked and of course said to post away.
So - long story longer - this Substack post further validated that it's still perfectly okay to be inspired by "other people's words" ...but what really matters is our take, our story, our perspective on those words. As always, thank you for your perspectives 🤎
THIS IS HOW IT’S DONEEE WOWOW. thank you so much for sharing this!!! And a reminder also that the more generous we are in welcoming others to be inspired by us, WE can benefit by them feeling comfortable to share it and amplify it further!
This is a super interesting perspective that I’m glad to have come across. It’s so valuable to play devils advocate, flip the script and see what comes of it.
I still have a negative perception of the algorithm (not over the breakup yet, clearly!) but I definitely appreciate the reframe of sameness. 🙏🏼
TYSM for reflecting this! I totally see it for the negatives, too — just because it has positive intentions doesn’t mean it works in our best interests ;)
Gah brilliant. Also obsessed with the idea that you had those words in your messaging doc and then started seeing them elsewhere (it reminds me of how our reticular activating system works in general). Love this!
eeee thank you so much for reading. Also OMG you just reminded me I was going to reference the “Red Car Theory” (lmao not sure if that’s the formal name) in this as well but I forgot
There's also been so much "likeness" going on that you don't even know what's been blatantly copied and what's not... The whole "Let them" thing with the original poem creator Cassie and then Mel Robbins coming out with an entire book on it... You never know anymore if it's intentional or not! I try hard not to consume too much content from people in my niche either but sometimes it's so hard not to because of the freaking algo!!! 😂 But again, we can't all play perception management either.
Yes such a good point, we actually talk about the Mel Robbins thing on our podcast this week because I think that’s a really good example of where it’s just like, a blatant disregard / missed opportunity to give credit where it’s due
I love this so much. I literally mute 90% of other designers on all platforms because I’m so nervous that I am going to accidentally consume something, copy them down the line, and then get cancelled for it. Please keep shouting about this because I’d love to get to a world where we say “same!”
Yes!!!! I will 🫡 and another take I have is that if we’re consuming content more consciously, we can cite our inspiration better and it becomes easier to give credit vs accidentally absorb something!
Wow, yes THIS.
Wait Sarah… SAME—sometimes I question myself before posting, thinking “wait I hope I didn’t accidentally take this from someone else”
Sooo valid! And isn’t that so sad that we’re doubting / fearing our work instead of just being able to celebrate that we can share similar tastes / genius and not be wrong for it
🤯🤯🤯 this was a super fucking valuable read and I’m kind of stunned now by the realizations. Also it’s highlighting and putting language to why substack has felt like such a warm and cozy place for me to hang lately. I’ve seen so many creators linking to others’ work (websites, other substacks & articles, social posts etc) within their own articles and notes that riffing on the words and thoughts of others just feels natural, seamless, and welcomed here, whereas Instagram specifically feels clunky in this aspect.
Yes yes yes yes!! This space is designed for citing sources and having collective convos rather than claiming everything we state as our own first and foremost. I fucking love it! I’m so glad this resonated with you 🤍
Agreed!
Ok, I love this one for many reasons, but one of which is - your timing is [per usual] perfect. Last week Caroline, from our LOTP crew, posted a carousel, and in it, there was a line that just hit home for me, exactly what I needed to hear in the moment I was in. I really wanted to create a post around it with my take on that line. So - I messaged her, sent her a draft of the post and asked her permission if I could post because I plan on tagging her in it when I do post it. She loved that I asked and of course said to post away.
So - long story longer - this Substack post further validated that it's still perfectly okay to be inspired by "other people's words" ...but what really matters is our take, our story, our perspective on those words. As always, thank you for your perspectives 🤎
THIS IS HOW IT’S DONEEE WOWOW. thank you so much for sharing this!!! And a reminder also that the more generous we are in welcoming others to be inspired by us, WE can benefit by them feeling comfortable to share it and amplify it further!
This is a super interesting perspective that I’m glad to have come across. It’s so valuable to play devils advocate, flip the script and see what comes of it.
I still have a negative perception of the algorithm (not over the breakup yet, clearly!) but I definitely appreciate the reframe of sameness. 🙏🏼
TYSM for reflecting this! I totally see it for the negatives, too — just because it has positive intentions doesn’t mean it works in our best interests ;)
Gah brilliant. Also obsessed with the idea that you had those words in your messaging doc and then started seeing them elsewhere (it reminds me of how our reticular activating system works in general). Love this!
eeee thank you so much for reading. Also OMG you just reminded me I was going to reference the “Red Car Theory” (lmao not sure if that’s the formal name) in this as well but I forgot
Shiiiiit… great observation and perspective.
And if I hear ‘apex predator’ one more time… lol that is def from my husband’s feeds which somehow cross pollinates to mine!
thank you so much for reading! Omg — the shared IP address can make the algo do some F U N K Y shit hahaha
Xanthe, you might enjoy my post on original thought: https://neurodivergentnotes.substack.com/p/original-thought
There's also been so much "likeness" going on that you don't even know what's been blatantly copied and what's not... The whole "Let them" thing with the original poem creator Cassie and then Mel Robbins coming out with an entire book on it... You never know anymore if it's intentional or not! I try hard not to consume too much content from people in my niche either but sometimes it's so hard not to because of the freaking algo!!! 😂 But again, we can't all play perception management either.
Yes such a good point, we actually talk about the Mel Robbins thing on our podcast this week because I think that’s a really good example of where it’s just like, a blatant disregard / missed opportunity to give credit where it’s due