You don't always need to make other designers happy with what you create. Realizing this point is both freeing and empowering.

As long as what you create effectively—and, ideally, delightfully—achieves its intended purpose, it doesn't matter who does or does not like or celebrate it.

Arguably the most powerful design work of our time is that which is not found on design sites or at award shows. The most meaningful design work isn’t on the front page of Dribbble, Instagram, or Behance, and it's not being broadly debated on Twitter or Instagram.

The best design work is that which, as Don Norman once explained, is invisible to us:

"Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible, serving us without drawing attention to itself. Bad design, on the other hand, screams out its inadequacies, making itself very noticeable."

When we design and build things with the primary intention of impressing other designers—to win awards, to get subscribers or upvotes, or to get others to agree with us or our ideas—we're doing a disservice to the design itself.

If any of our focus is set on impressing other designers, it's not on the achieving the objective of the work.

When we worry over whether or not our work is aligning with popular trends, or when we consider whether or not our designs will get enough upvotes or likes, that's attention that could be spent on more meaningful thins; on user research, conversations with stakeholders, or experimentation with the nuances of the work.