Re:Show HN: I jumped on a meme - SheenMe.me
by JFitzDela on Monday March 07, 2011 @11:39AM
(#2297640)
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. :)
Re:Show HN: I jumped on a meme - SheenMe.me
by plasticbugs on Friday March 04, 2011 @11:11AM
(#2288501)
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).
Re:Show HN: I jumped on a meme - SheenMe.me
by plasticbugs on Friday March 04, 2011 @11:03AM
(#2288470)
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.
I just went to check if AsSheenOnTV.com was taken. Apparently someone already had that idea.
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
For those who noticed: multivoting has been fixed (or at least mitigated).
This is fun! :)
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.
http://sheenme.me/view/160
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