👋 welcome to the curb

CrafterParty Southern MD recently joined the hey!curbside crew and honestly? love that for all of us.

who they are? just real humans doing cool work.

don’t be lame – check ’em out!



new in the directory 🪩

look who just claimed their spot on the internet’s most chaotic community board and dropped an event in the same breath.

welcome. your link is live, your vibe is documented, and you’re already contributing to the calendar like you’ve been here forever.

not bad for a tuesday.

p.s. everyone go check out her event. this is how the board actually works.

*first blog post!!** eeek

so. instagram banned me. multiple times. including the hey!curbside account. twice. 🫠

i wrote the whole chaotic breakdown here but the tldr: getting banned was annoying, then clarifying, then honestly kind of freeing?

turns out you don’t need 10k followers or the algorithm’s approval to run your business. you just need a handful of people who actually care (hi 👋) and a space no one can take away from you.

this dashboard? this email list? this is the point. borrowed platforms with made-up rules can’t touch this.

anyway — if you’ve ever felt held hostage by instagram’s nonsense, this one’s for you. and if you know someone who needs to hear it, send it their way.

thanks for being here instead of… wherever the algorithm wanted you to be today.

melissa & riso 🧷

🍭 Event Pages

someone finally added an event to the calendar and honestly? we’re a little emotional about it

look — this is what we’ve been building. a place where you can post your pop-up, workshop, market, whatever without:

paying to boost it
hoping the algorithm feels generous
competing with 47 reels of people’s cats

just you. your event. people who actually want to find it.
if you’ve got something happening — a sale, a class, a “come hang out at my shop” thing —  stick it on the calendar. it takes like 2 minutes and it’s free.  –  https://heycurbside.com/calendar/
this could be you. this should be you.

meet riso 🐈‍⬛

riso is the unofficial mascot of hey!curbside.

they showed up one day, refused to leave, and now oversee all operations.

riso believes in slow internet, real people, and knocking things off tables for no reason.

honestly, same.

thank you @Amy Slatem

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📣 directory drop-ins + digital high-fives

hey friends. tiny applause for the brave souls who wandered into the hey!curbside directory this week. you’re officially the founding citizens of our lil digital cul-de-sac and, honestly, i adore your whole deal.

check them out here

if you haven’t tossed your biz or creative gig into the directory yet, the door is open. like… wildly open. think coffee-shop bulletin board energy, but without the “looking for a roommate who doesn’t steal cereal” vibes.

🚪 badges have entered the chat

🧷 ok hey!curbside crew…
user badges just dropped and they’re giving peak early-internet energy.

we’re talking “new kid”, “chaos agent”, “night owl”, “legend”, etc.
aka the internet merit badges your inner 2003 forum self has been craving.

they’re basically little personality pings that make the community feel more… community-y.
and they’re cute. dangerously cute.
(i’m looking directly at you, chaos agent badge. you tiny menace.)

do you have what it takes to be a legend?? 👀🦄

that’s one of our shiny new badges.
what does it actually mean? unsure. mysterious. slightly unhinged.
we’re figuring it out together and honestly that’s the fun part.

current working definition of “legend” energy:
• shows up for other humans
• shares the weird ideas
• starts conversations, not just comments
• brings main-character vibes without becoming… that guy

as the space fills in, we’ll start quietly tagging our first wave of legends.
think easter egg hunt but for chaotic-good community members.

so yeah. no pressure. but also… huge pressure. 💅
may the badge odds be ever in your favor.

🥹 directory is ready!

so here’s the deal: hey!curbside has a FREE community directory. you get a profile, backlinks for your site, and you’re listed alongside other actual humans doing cool creative work. no algorithm games, no sponsored posts, no “boost for $47.”

just your info. living on the internet. like the old days.

full transparency – we’re very new, so it’s a little empty in there right now. think of it like showing up early to a party and getting first pick of the snacks.

you’re basically a founding member. (also I’m gonna feature new listings in my newsletter so… free promo?)

photographers, designers, florists, vintage sellers, anyone making stuff with their hands or brain – this is for you.

sign up takes like 3 minutes. free backlinks for your site. real people might actually find you.

join the curbside crew.

🎉 GIFs are live now

You can now drop GIFs and stickers in the chat. Please keep it playful & kind. 

GIF search is powered by GIPHY:

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🤖 new drop: the curbside newsletter (kinda)

we don’t actually have any issues yet (insert obvious joke here).
but we will.

expect local chaos, creative updates, maybe a mixtape or a bunch of memes.  who really knows.

if you want in before it officially exists, this is your moment.

join the list

no spam. no corporate nonsense. just human stuff, sent by a human (and cat).

p.s. early sign-ups get moral superiority and good inbox karma.

🧷 early birds + local weirdos, listen up

two shiny new forms just landed →

💾 add your biz (get on the local directory + snag a free backlink)
🪩 post your event (join the community calendar — shows, markets, workshops, chaos encouraged)

we’re slowly building a directory of everyone doing something cool around here. no algorithms. just real people linking up.



bonus: early submissions get prime spots + bragging rights forever (“yeah, i was on curbside before it blew up”)..