I totally get the frustration—downtime in the Designer or Dashboard isn’t just inconvenient, it hurts when you’re on deadline, presenting to a client, or just trying to get paid. We deserve better.
That said, let’s remember: there’s a whole team at Webflow working their asses off to fix this. Real people. Not robots. Not some offshore auto-responder farm. Engineers, designers, QA folks—probably running on fumes and caffeine trying to get things stable again.
Now, Webflow—this part’s for you:
We need more than vague “we’re working on it” messages. Give us a real, transparent breakdown of what happened, what you’re doing to fix it, and how you’ll prevent it next time. We can handle the truth. What we can’t handle is feeling like we’re shouting into a void while our businesses are on pause.
As you grow, don’t lose sight of what made us choose you in the first place: that sense of connection, agility, and possibility. Don’t become the next WordPress—bloated, out of touch, and easy to walk away from. In this economy? Trust is everything.
We want to root for you. But you gotta show up.
— A designer who actually likes this tool and just wants it to work.
Hey, I like this tool too. But I also like being in business.
They’re human, but they forked up. It probably wasn’t the engineers that forked up, but someone did. And I haven’t seen anyone giving any grief to the engineers, but to the execs who have been making some terrible decisions over the past couple years that undoubtedly led to this.
Sorry to be a jerk, but reading this irritated me.
Rest assured, nothing will happen except the usual “we hear you…” blah blah.
Webflow has reached a size where only profit maximization matters. And that’s achieved through a steady stream of new “features” (often only needed by a few) that
a. potentially reach new target groups and
b. justify a higher tariff for you and me.
Stability or fixing existing bugs is no longer of interest here. They know we’ve learned to live with it.
