I discuss the criticisms of social sharing buttons and the common complaints against them, such as low engagement, reduced performance, and being distracting. However, I argue that these criticisms are not due to social buttons themselves but rather content and design. I suggest that bad design choices are the real problem and that social sharing buttons can be beneficial if used correctly.
I then go on to describe how to create custom social sharing buttons using Webflow CMS with some simple HTML and CSS.