Rec League

“I’m recleaguepilled”

“Sorry if this is teacher’s pet behavior but I’m kinda losing it. Playlists (my literal love language)? Tea that improves my sleep hygiene? Restaurant recs that make my mom happy? Animal facts? I get to talk to strangers about BOOKS?? I get to be generally helpful?? I get to just kinda blog into the ether??? I get to talk about mental illness???? Never thought I would be all in on an app, but here I am. Shout out to @Darcy Groves for getting me on here.”

“Personally, I only use Rec League. I hadn't been on social media since 2020 until this app came around. It's a welcoming, thoughtful space for sharing that feels low stakes. I like using it during work breaks or between gigs for fun. I usually learn something new and leave feeling: neutral, delighted, amused, inspired. It isn't ugly (in design or content) or filled with slop (like most corners of the internet) or trying to sell things in ways that don't feel genuine (I tried that for a day and hated it). What can I say: I tend to draw a hard line? Here's a Richard Serra oil stick print with some moderately hard lines (much better in person because you can see the texture of the unique blend of oil and feel the impression on the paper; these prints form crystals on the surface so there's a whole conservation process that is involved in keeping them alive).”

“been stuck in bed sick all week but luckily i'm treating rec league like it's my full time job if i was a fresh out of uni finance bro trying to impress the big dogs (aka clocking 16 hours of company screen time)”

“Archival is a tricky process in almost any creative field. Where to begin? Any platforms we've used, any platforms that have gained momentum over time fall short in more ways than one. If they're good at photo, they're atrocious at video. If they're good at plain text, they're terrible for a portfolio. Obviously Rec League is not a perfect solution, as perfection is inherently imperfect, but boy does it come closer for us than anything else we've seen. We create collections for all of our digital work, references, inspiration and digitized copies of anything we produce in the physical realm. We can easily store an endless amount of content, comment on it, share it easily and quickly, file it in any number of ways and take advantage of unique visual elements like the collage functionality. In the future we would LOVE to see more specific access controls, more options for embedded content and better integrations with other platforms. But still, even in Rec League's relative infancy, we've got a winner on our hands.”

“Obviously duhhhhh”