metameme
Creative
meme maker
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
35 positive, 50 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 21 critical, out of 109 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Pricing: 6 for, 7 againstIdea: 4 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 5 againstDocs: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 3 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
Well-designed editor with anchored labels
From 1 comment
Uhhh, WOW! This is actually really well done. I love the labels anchored to the objects in the image. That is so crucial. And the frame editor, the label position editor, I mean…
par on HN
Impressive income from a solo project
From 2 comments
Good job, may I ask , what was your marketing strategy? Did you engage a lead generation company, SEO? How did you gain visibility in the virtual shops? Used social media for…
yawaworht1978 on HNI enjoy seeing posts like these, good for you pal. Is it hard to maintain? Is this just side income? :)
gldev3 on HN
Objections
Subscriptions for a meme generator seem unjustified
From 2 comments
I loathe apps that want a subscription for such a trivial concept. Why did you choose this route over ad support or one time payment?
nickthegreek on HNI'm surprised as well. I respect the hustle, but I honestly don't understand why anyone would debase themselves by paying $5 a month to make memes
asddubs on HN
Android version abandoned and out of date
From 2 comments
The Android version seems abandoned, it hasn't been updated in several years and there are several reviews complaining that paid features no longer work. Are there any plans to…
opencl on HNIt looks like the Android version is not accessible or the link contains a mistake. Or you removed it from Google play store ? If so why ?
zfxfr on HN
SSL certificate error on the site
From 1 comment
I am seeing "Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue" in firefox. Here's a screenshot - https://imgur.com/a/SzVS75Q Same in chrome. The cert is wrong, it has the cert of…
gramakri on HN
Copyright concerns over meme source images
From 2 comments
Whom do you license the Original Content from? Or do you steal it without recompensation?
lurn_mor on HNSince you're essentially mostly repackaging content other people have created, what's your approach to copyright and royalties? Or is the plan to simply hope you never get a DMCA…
Etheryte on HN
Requests
Add sharing to an image sharing site
From 1 comment
looks good. Would be nice to see a feature to share your image on our image sharing site https://picc.io
calltrak on HN
Questions
How do you stand out among many meme apps?
From 1 comment
congrats, I was looking for something like this, but tried 5 different apps and gave up. there's a bunch of these apps. how do you stand out?
freediver18 on HN
How did you acquire users and rank in app stores?
From 2 comments
What did you do to reach so many users? How did you grow it?
joenr on HNWhere do most of your customers come from? Any typical profiles? Quite impressive that you could do this with a meme creator!
santa_boy on HN
Why subscriptions instead of ads or one-time payment?
From 1 comment
I loathe apps that want a subscription for such a trivial concept. Why did you choose this route over ad support or one time payment?
nickthegreek on HN