Admittedly I'm cheating on my metaphors here. I'm gonna say these are different because the gray background is light enough to be an accent, not really the button. You're clicking on the heart emoji, the gray is just there to show you where the clickable-area is.
If we had to pick a theme, I would go for the old-school no-opacity drop shadows. It's got a serious modern-retro feeling, like what Glitch has.
It's not the most pressing concern (personally I have it out for that fixed search bar), but I'm guessing it would do a lot to address the concerns of weirdness.
also ignore all opinions after you change something
Your brain is hardwired to feel physiological spooktitude when something changes. Literally anything anyone can say after you've unveiled something new is biased.
Don't be Microsoft keeping the windows button at the bottom left because every grandma and their dog wouldn't be able to use a computer if they changed. Change often; don't get stuck.
I think @Anton said it best somewhere below:
At first when I saw the bar down there I thought "What the hell!". I got used to it.
From both an aesthetic and functional aspect, dev might want to consider standardizing the outlines and look of most inputs.
For example, on this page, I've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 different things that are clickable but have different outline behaviors.
An overview
1 - this text input
2 - the ghost buttons
3 - the filled buttons
4 - The really rounded buttons
5 - Those clickable posts
These mix a no-blur box-shadow and a border, but conceptually they're the same.
6 - the lighter clickable posts
7 - The new rounded buttons
Admittedly I'm cheating on my metaphors here. I'm gonna say these are different because the gray background is light enough to be an accent, not really the button. You're clicking on the heart emoji, the gray is just there to show you where the clickable-area is.
8 - Circle images
dev could use some consistency
If we had to pick a theme, I would go for the old-school no-opacity drop shadows. It's got a serious modern-retro feeling, like what Glitch has.
It's not the most pressing concern (personally I have it out for that fixed search bar), but I'm guessing it would do a lot to address the concerns of weirdness.
also ignore all opinions after you change something
Your brain is hardwired to feel physiological spooktitude when something changes. Literally anything anyone can say after you've unveiled something new is biased.
Don't be Microsoft keeping the windows button at the bottom left because every grandma and their dog wouldn't be able to use a computer if they changed. Change often; don't get stuck.
I think @Anton said it best somewhere below:
Term of the day goes to: "physiological spooktitude" 😂
Wow, good catch, I feel like you should open a new GitHub issue :-)