Makr.io
Consumer and social
meme remix social site
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
9 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Idea: 3 for, 6 againstExecution: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun and addictive, especially late at night
From 3 comments
This site is responsible for more lulz than any in recent memory. Very addictive late-night.
fredsters_s on HNI haven't slept in days.
saintgoldie on HNI had created nearly 100 images on Makrio and I love it. Personally, once you connect it with Facebook, it becomes less about the content itself and more about re-inventing this…
kirillzubovsky on HN
Clean, slick UI
From 2 comments
like the UI
bedspax on HNIt's a slick looking memegenerator.net
crisnoble on HN
Click-to-play GIFs and shareable permalinks are useful ideas
From 1 comment
This is super fun. Two things you need to steal: Canv.as's (old?) click to play GIF functionality, Pinterest's url updating so you can easily share the permalink. Took me a long…
shashashasha on HN
Objections
Compared to Pinterest and Facebook as a clone or reinvention of existing platforms
From 3 comments
Two things I really dislike (actually it is only one). People reinventing wheels, i.e, recreating same platforms by going after Facebook and Pinterest. The Diaspora has not been…
webwanderings on HNPinterest? Really? That's what you came up with as what they're going after? I could imagine comparing them to 9gag, Canvas, MemeGenerator, or some other meme site, but…
tylermenezes on HNdoes every site have to work like pintrest?
89a on HN
Looks like a copy of canv.as or a simple meme generator
From 3 comments
It's canv.as without the stickers, looks like.
prezjordan on HNIt's a slick looking memegenerator.net
crisnoble on HNwhy is this different from canv.as ?
theshoe92 on HN
Seems like Reddit for ADD kids; unclear end goal
From 1 comment
I am just wondering, what is the end-goal here? What is the best case scenario where you could have unlimited users creating whatever content you want? What does that look like?…
irollboozers on HN
Requests
Add permalink URL updating when opening images, like Pinterest
From 2 comments
This is super fun. Two things you need to steal: Canv.as's (old?) click to play GIF functionality, Pinterest's url updating so you can easily share the permalink. Took me a long…
shashashasha on HNwe have click to play gifs! How can we make it better? For the P styleURL, you mean where you click into the lightbox, and pushstate the URL? We can do that.
mbs348 on HN
Add stickers like canv.as
From 1 comment
It's canv.as without the stickers, looks like.
prezjordan on HN
Questions
Why is this different from canv.as?
From 1 comment
why is this different from canv.as ?
theshoe92 on HN
What is the end goal and best-case scenario?
From 1 comment
I am just wondering, what is the end-goal here? What is the best case scenario where you could have unlimited users creating whatever content you want? What does that look like?…
irollboozers on HN
Alternatives named
canv.as
From 2 comments
why is this different from canv.as ?
theshoe92 on HNIt's canv.as without the stickers, looks like.
prezjordan on HN
Pinterest
From 2 comments
Two things I really dislike (actually it is only one). People reinventing wheels, i.e, recreating same platforms by going after Facebook and Pinterest. The Diaspora has not been…
webwanderings on HNThis is super fun. Two things you need to steal: Canv.as's (old?) click to play GIF functionality, Pinterest's url updating so you can easily share the permalink. Took me a long…
shashashasha on HN
memegenerator.net
From 1 comment
It's a slick looking memegenerator.net
crisnoble on HN
Mixel
From 1 comment
I think it's recreating something more like a simpler Mixel (mixel.cc) or Canv.as than Pinterest or Facebook.
shashashasha on HN
Imgur
From 1 comment
So it seems you want more 'remixing' and less user created/uploaded content, a la Imgur with some added text. Now I'm picturing pulling content from Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter,…
irollboozers on HN