diff --git a/moku/static/css/moku.css b/moku/static/css/moku.css
index 07a90c6..f188f83 100644
--- a/moku/static/css/moku.css
+++ b/moku/static/css/moku.css
@@ -39,6 +39,25 @@ body {
     margin-block-end: 1.6rem;
 }
 
+.messages {
+    margin-block-end: 1.6rem;
+    display: grid;
+    row-gap: .8rem;
+    font-size: 1.5rem;
+}
+
+.messages li.success::before {
+    content: "✅ ";
+}
+
+.messages li.error::before {
+    content: "❌ ";
+}
+
+.messages li.info::before {
+    content: "ℹ️ ";
+}
+
 button.logout {
     border: none;
     outline: none;
diff --git a/moku/templates/moku/base.jinja b/moku/templates/moku/base.jinja
index e2155a6..f8e7b88 100644
--- a/moku/templates/moku/base.jinja
+++ b/moku/templates/moku/base.jinja
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@
                 </ul>
             </nav>
         </header>
+        {% if messages %}
+            <ul class="messages">
+                {% for message in messages %}
+                    <li{% if message.tags %} class="{{ message.tags }}"{% endif %}>
+                        {{ message }}
+                    </li>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </ul>
+        {% endif %}
         {% block content %}{% endblock content %}
     </body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/moku/views/auth.py b/moku/views/auth.py
index 2d6bf4c..737062d 100644
--- a/moku/views/auth.py
+++ b/moku/views/auth.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.views import LoginView as BaseLoginView, LogoutView as BaseLogoutView
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 
 
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ class LoginView(BaseLoginView):
         return super().get(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def get_success_url(self):
+        if self.request.user.is_authenticated:
+            messages.success(self.request, _("welcome back, %(username)s!") % {"username": self.request.user.username})
         return self.request.GET.get("next", reverse_lazy("feed"))
 
 
diff --git a/moku/views/post.py b/moku/views/post.py
index d1afb7f..fc8e07e 100644
--- a/moku/views/post.py
+++ b/moku/views/post.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.views.generic import FormView
 
 from moku.constants import EMOJI_CATEGORIES, Verbs
@@ -15,7 +17,8 @@ class FeedView(FormView):
         if not self.request.user.is_authenticated:
             raise PermissionDenied
         form.instance.created_by = self.request.user
-        form.instance.save()
+        form.save()
+        messages.success(self.request, _("your post was made!"))
         return redirect("feed")
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
diff --git a/moku/views/user.py b/moku/views/user.py
index 17ac367..c0c68aa 100644
--- a/moku/views/user.py
+++ b/moku/views/user.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+from django.contrib import messages
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
+from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.views.generic import FormView, TemplateView
-from django.urls import reverse
 
 from moku.forms.user import ProfileForm, UserForm
 from moku.models.user import User
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ class EditProfileView(FormView):
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
         form.save()
+        messages.success(self.request, _("profile updated successfully!"))
         return redirect("profile", username=form.instance.username)
 
     def get_form(self):
@@ -34,5 +36,7 @@ class SignupView(FormView):
     template_name = "moku/signup.jinja"
     form_class = UserForm
 
-    def get_success_url(self):
-        return reverse("feed")
+    def form_valid(self, form):
+        form.save()
+        messages.success(self.request, _("that's it! just log in, and you're ready to go."))
+        return redirect("login")