Show HN: I jumped on a meme - SheenMe.me

by JFitzDela • 15 years ago

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JFitzDela3• 15 years ago

Will gladly accept any tips for features, monetization, etc.! Thanks guys!

frankdenbow2• 15 years ago

Nice job. I would say to try to do some t-shirts (there are some places online doing this already but it is worth a shot)

joelackner• 15 years ago

i agree. it's probably the most per transaction you can get out of this meme.

plasticbugs2• 15 years ago

Along with the ability to type in my own text, I'd like to be able to select from a list of Sheen witticisms from his recent TV and radio interviews. These shouldn't be difficult to throw into a drop down list.

Also maybe dynamically scale up the font size based on how many characters are entered. Font seems on the small side for the short phrases I entered.

plasticbugs2• 15 years ago

Monetize? Maybe include a page of Charlie's best/worst films and some other great movies about crazy people. It won't make millions, but it might cover your bandwidth costs. Amazon referrals for Sheen classics like Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Men at Work and Major League, and movies about insanity like Taxi Driver and Apocalypse Now (w/ poppa Sheen).

dufusheart• 15 years ago

Your wizard should be linear, top to bottom. The current layout is a little confusing and not obvious enough.

brk• 15 years ago

No support for punctuation?

mdonahoe• 15 years ago

Yeah. I need my # sign.

#winning #tigerblood

mathgladiator• 15 years ago

And hyphens

http://sheenme.me/view/160

WillyF• 15 years ago

Is it Sheen Me dot me? Or Sheen Meme? Either one works.

I just went to check if AsSheenOnTV.com was taken. Apparently someone already had that idea.

tgrass• 15 years ago

Just saw you launched this in a night from conception. Great job and good luck. Please, keep us posted on numbers (visits and $)!

hessenwolf• 15 years ago

Looks like the count is in the url.

kmfrk• 15 years ago

Don't you need the rights to those photos?

JFitzDela3• 15 years ago

Thanks for the comments all! I'll take a closer look and reply ASAP (got the "real job" thing distracting me at the moment).

For those who noticed: multivoting has been fixed (or at least mitigated).

This is fun! :)

maresca• 15 years ago

I never could understand how short-lived sites built off of memes can make any real revenue. Anyone care to enlighten me with stories/numbers?

frankdenbow2• 15 years ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2176771

JFitzDela3• 15 years ago

Well, for anyone still following, not quite sure what to think.

HN sent about 2000 uniques (between direct clicks and shares) with about 10000 page views on day 1. Then it died.... :)

I've reached out to a number of blogs to share the site and its initial success, reached out to folks on Twitter, etc., and -- for whatever reason -- it just ain't happening.

It's that whatever reason part that I'm interested in now -- I think there was ample opportunity built into the site for sharing, and a number of people actually did use these tools. I'm at a complete loss, then, as to where it went wrong.

Any thoughts on where I could have improved the social aspects? Or the site itself?

Guess we'll see. It could still "go," but I don't have a lot of time and resources at the moment to spend pushing it. It was fun to build and play with, anyway. :)

- John

Show HN: I jumped on a meme - SheenMe.me

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