Bumb.ly

Creative

image editor

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Bumb.ly

An HTML5 image editor/sharer/host - I'm 2 weeks in, continue?

bumb.ly

#image editor#html5#meme generator#photo sharing

21points
8comments
#482of 1,097 in 2011
Top 44%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • UI and tech look and work great

    From 1 comment
    • I want to be positive and say continue. It works well, it probably has a niche market somewhere. But, I think you're going to have an uphill battle getting a big enough audience…
      andrewfelix on HN
  • Could be popular with meme and scrapbook crowd

    From 1 comment
    • Definitely has the potential to be popular among the lolcats crowd (or anybody that likes computers _and_ scrapbooking). What is the revenue stream?
      Rantenki on HN

Objections

  • Hard to build audience large enough for revenue

    From 1 comment
    • I want to be positive and say continue. It works well, it probably has a niche market somewhere. But, I think you're going to have an uphill battle getting a big enough audience…
      andrewfelix on HN
  • Unclear how to edit text and URL field is hard to clear

    From 1 comment
    • Really nice but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to edit the text? Also I loaded an URL that was an incorrect filetype by mistake and couldn't select*all the text in…
      marquis on HN

Requests

  • Suggestions for extending functionality to other uses

    From 1 comment
    • I want to be positive and say continue. It works well, it probably has a niche market somewhere. But, I think you're going to have an uphill battle getting a big enough audience…
      andrewfelix on HN

Questions

  • What is the revenue stream?

    From 1 comment
    • Definitely has the potential to be popular among the lolcats crowd (or anybody that likes computers _and_ scrapbooking). What is the revenue stream?
      Rantenki on HN

Alternatives named

  • Quickmeme

    From 1 comment
    • > What is the revenue stream? None yet... I'll figure that out if enough people find it useful. Probably along the lines of selling virtual and physical merchandise with Bumblies…
      hornbaker on HN
  • Memegenerator

    From 1 comment
    • > What is the revenue stream? None yet... I'll figure that out if enough people find it useful. Probably along the lines of selling virtual and physical merchandise with Bumblies…
      hornbaker on HN
  • Memebase

    From 1 comment
    • > What is the revenue stream? None yet... I'll figure that out if enough people find it useful. Probably along the lines of selling virtual and physical merchandise with Bumblies…
      hornbaker on HN

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