I’ve been using Notion for years because of its clean writing experience. The block system, slash commands, and drag-and-drop features made it perfect for organizing thoughts and notes.
But lately, it feels like they’re focused on adding new features instead of fixing what already exists. Every time I open the app, there’s some new tour or popup about AI features I don’t want. The calendar integration keeps showing up even though I never use it.
The basic editing experience has gotten worse. When I try to convert bullet points to headings, the cursor jumps around. Multi-selecting different blocks is unreliable, especially when tables are involved. Pages with lots of content take forever to load and feel sluggish.
I just want to write and organize ideas without the interface fighting me. The page properties at the top of every document take up unnecessary space. The AI suggestions are distracting when I’m trying to focus.
What I really need:
Faster performance on large pages
Better block selection that actually works
Option to hide all the extra features
Reliable drag and drop
Anyone else frustrated with how Notion has changed? What small improvement would make the biggest difference for your workflow?
For me, it would be consistent multi-select that doesn’t break when switching between different block types.
Same exact issue at my company - hundreds of connected Notion pages driving us nuts. The problem isn’t just feature bloat. They’re chasing new signups instead of keeping power users happy. Every update feels designed to wow free trial users, not help people doing real work. Here’s what saved me: I made a separate workspace just for writing. Minimal databases, clean setup. Keep the heavy stuff in your main workspace, but do your actual thinking elsewhere. Also - ditch the mouse. Keyboard shortcuts kill most of those drag-and-drop bugs you’re hitting. That cursor jumping thing? Way less common when you use CMD+D for duplication and the move commands. Not perfect, but now I can actually get work done instead of wrestling with the interface.
totally feel ya! the autosave feature drives me nuts sometimes, especially when im trying to focus. they’ve added so much but the basics r crumbling. more real functionalities, less flashy stuff pls!
I get this frustration. Same thing happens everywhere - products keep adding features instead of fixing what’s broken.
After years of dealing with bloated tools, I learned to automate around the problems instead of fighting them.
I built workflows that skip Notion’s clunky interface completely. Automation handles the boring stuff - organizing content, updating properties, moving blocks. No more wrestling with multi-select or waiting for pages to load when you can batch process everything behind the scenes.
Game changer was automated pipelines syncing data between tools. Instead of doing everything in Notion’s slow interface, automation does the heavy lifting while I focus on actual writing.
You can build triggers that auto-format content, organize blocks by type, and clean up page properties without touching them. Takes 30 minutes to set up, saves hours weekly.
For performance issues with big pages, automation splits content smartly and links everything so you never hit loading walls.
Latenode makes this workflow automation really straightforward. Connect Notion to other tools and create the exact experience you want without waiting for their devs.
Switched from OneNote to Notion two years back and loved the flexibility at first, but now I’m having second thoughts. The performance problems are legit - my main project database used to load instantly, now it takes 10-15 seconds on my work laptop. What really gets me is how they randomly change the interface without heads up. Last month they moved sidebar stuff around and completely messed up my muscle memory. Look, I get they need to innovate and stay competitive, but stability matters when people depend on your platform daily. The AI integration feels super forced too - I don’t want suggestions when I’m just updating a basic task list. If they’d let us control which features to turn on/off, most complaints would vanish. I’m testing Obsidian as backup since at least their core features don’t change every update.