Soon, we’ll be pulling back the curtain on Dribbble, a new community we’ve been crafting for quite some time. Dribbble has enjoyed a long and active private beta, and we’re excited to finally share it with the world.
But first, what is it? Dribbble is show and tell for designers, developers and other creatives. Members share sneak peeks of their work as “shots” — small screenshots of the designs and applications they are working on. It’s also a place to talk design, give and receive feedback and iterate toward better work.
Whether Dribbble should be public (for some value of public :) has been a source of much debate on the interwebs. Please know that we care deeply about this community and the amazing work that’s being shared. We’re also well aware that Dribbble is all about quality over quantity. With that in mind, here is what we are going to do in the very near future:
- Make all member content publicly viewable. This means users, shots, rebounds, comments, etc.
- Continue to allow ONLY members to contribute content, i.e. upload shots, rebound, make comments, etc.
- Continue to draft new members ONLY by invitation from other members.
In a nutshell: Dribbble will be READ-ONLY for non-members, and READ-WRITE for members.
REGARDING PRIVACY
We originally envisioned all shots being viewable by anyone, but user feedback has us strongly considering optional controls over who sees a given shot (for shots that are sensitive or warrant limited review). We want these controls to be lightweight but powerful enough to facilitate sharing. If members have feedback - particularly how they’d use private shots and who they’d want to see them - please let us know.
Regarding membership: Dribbble is only as good as its players. That’s why we’re continuing to use the draft to recruit new talent.
FINDING A PICKUP GAME
We get a lot of requests from folks who aren’t on Dribbble and don’t know anyone on Dribbble, but would like to present their work for consideration by a member with invitations. Ultimately, we want to get that process into Dribbble itself.
Folks looking for an invite can post a URL to their work and email address in this thread. Any existing member scouting new talent to draft can look here to find it.
That’s it for now. Exciting times ahead!
Fist bumps,
Assistant General Manager Dan Cederholm
Assistant to the General Manager Rich Thornett
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