diff --git a/dpaste/forms.py b/dpaste/forms.py
index 426a13b..04f9704 100644
--- a/dpaste/forms.py
+++ b/dpaste/forms.py
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ EXPIRE_DEFAULT = 3600 * 24 * 30
 
 
 class SnippetForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    content = forms.CharField(
+        label=_('Content'),
+        widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'placeholder': _('Awesome code goes here...')}),
+    )
+
     lexer = forms.ChoiceField(
         label=_(u'Lexer'),
         initial=LEXER_DEFAULT,
diff --git a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/base.html b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/base.html
index 0d8037a..c85fd74 100644
--- a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/base.html
+++ b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/base.html
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
                 }
             });
     });
+
+    $('.autofocus input:text, .autofocus textarea').first().focus();
 });
 </script>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_form.html b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_form.html
index 4702367..0670f26 100644
--- a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_form.html
+++ b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_form.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     {{ snippet_form.non_field_errors }}
     <div style="display: none;">{{ snippet_form.title }}</div>
 
-    <div class="control-group form-content">
+    <div class="control-group form-content {% if is_new %}autofocus{% endif %}">
         {{ snippet_form.content }}
     </div>
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         </div>
     </div>
     <div class="form-actions">
-        {% if follow_button %}
+        {% if is_new %}
         <div class="twitter-follow-button-container">
             <a href="https://twitter.com/bartTC" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false" data-size="large" data-dnt="true">Follow @bartTC</a>
             <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script>
diff --git a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_new.html b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_new.html
index 497f6a8..18f4b85 100644
--- a/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_new.html
+++ b/dpaste/templates/dpaste/snippet_new.html
@@ -6,7 +6,5 @@
 {% block dpaste_nav_new %}active{% endblock %}
 
 {% block page %}
-    {% with 1 as follow_button %}
-        {% include "dpaste/snippet_form.html" %}
-    {% endwith %}
+    {% include "dpaste/snippet_form.html" %}
 {% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dpaste/views.py b/dpaste/views.py
index 2611355..ef15c72 100644
--- a/dpaste/views.py
+++ b/dpaste/views.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def snippet_new(request, template_name='dpaste/snippet_new.html'):
 
     template_context = {
         'snippet_form': snippet_form,
+        'is_new': True,
     }
 
     return render_to_response(