Poetry deserves more than a thumbs up

Paul and I are excited to share what's new on Neopoet.

The biggest change is the homepage. It now leads with what we think makes this place worth your time: poetry deserves more than a thumbs up. Whether you're a longtime member or someone just finding us, the new landing page is built around the substantive feedback and community that Neopoet has always offered.

The site should feel snappier across the board. We're also trying a small experiment: you can now react to individual comments, as a quick way to thank someone for a particularly good critique.

Behind the scenes, we've upgraded to Drupal 11 — the latest version of the open source platform that's powered Neopoet since 2007 — and tightened up site security along the way.

This is the first of several updates we have planned. We'd love to hear what you think, and what you'd like to see next.