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Show HN: Makr.io, a creative and collaborative way to play with images
- fredsters_s 14y agoThis site is responsible for more lulz than any in recent memory. Very addictive late-night.
- saintgoldie 14y agoI haven't slept in days.
- theshoe92 14y agowhy is this different from canv.as ?
- prezjordan 14y agoIt's canv.as without the stickers, looks like.
- mbs348 14y agoMakr is more about self expression than Canv.as. We want create simple tools using the meme mechanic to help people feel like they are actually creating stuff. Canv.as is pretty awesome, but it is strong in helping people create more traditional memes. We want people to riff and play with topics they are in to, and other people who share their interests.
- vandershraaf 14y agoI was a skeptic before, and the first time i went into the site I realize "Man, why pinterest cant be this fun?"
- mbs348 14y ago:)
- vandershraaf 14y agoThat link should be https://makr.io/pro_tips https://makr.io/pro_tips. But thanks though, thats awesome of you
- mbs348 14y agowow, thanks for catching my mistake!
- mbs348 14y agoalso, check out the bookmarklet https://makrio/pro_tips https://makrio/pro_tips
- mbs348 14y agome, right now => https://makr.io/p/9561 https://makr.io/p/9561
- 89a 14y agodoes every site have to work like pintrest?
- PufferBuffer 14y agoYou mean, like it should be available online, most of the time, it should have a login button, and then some content, and then maybe have content from more than yourself... Yeah, every site kind of has to be like pinterest.
- webwanderings 14y agoTwo 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 able to distinguish itself as of yet and now they go after Pinterest. This madness by people needs to stop. If people wish to evolve, they can at least attempt to provide something innovative on top of what is already popular. Sorry if my feedback hurts your feelings but it is getting ridiculously boring on the Internet.
- mbs348 14y agoI don't really feel like 'going after Pinterest'. Makr is more about helping people MAKE new things, not just endlessly re-pin and reblog. Certainly some UI things work on Pinterest, but what we are enabling people to do is quite different. And no worries about feedback, it always helps us get better and better, so thanks!
- irollboozers 14y agoI 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? Cause I'm not getting it at the moment. It kind of looks like Reddit for ADD kids.
- mbs348 14y ago> It kind of looks like Reddit for ADD kids. Not terribly far off base. We want to build something that helps people actually create and influence things on the web, rather than just re/blog/share and discuss them. It's giving people a really simple way to participate with stuff they find funny/cool/interesting. Later, we would love to power people being able to play and interact with all types of content from all sorts of different places, but for now we are trying to get the core interactions right.
- irollboozers 14y agoSo 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, Reddit, Youtube, Tumblr, 4chan(?) but creating a personal stamp on it and then sharing it. That to me seems cool, and I can very easily imagine how awesome that would be.
- crisnoble 14y agoIt's a slick looking memegenerator.net
- DeadSuperHero 14y agoThat's an interesting thought, but it's more than just being about memes themselves. I think you could make the argument that it's more about what's behind memetics - via the act of making something that holds true for people in a social context. It's an interesting way to share something, and remixing in the form of a social dialog allows people to make a lot more than just a simple meme post.
- googlemonkey 14y agoGJ KENT
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- kirillzubovsky 14y agoI 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 content with your friends. You learn something new about your friends too. Making stupid jokes in real life creates awkwardness, editing the content in funny and sometimes perverted ways on Makrio brings joy. It's fun, give it a few days.
- mbs348 14y ago<3
- shashashasha 14y agoThis 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 time to realize that the url was down in the share button section, which I usually ignore.
- mbs348 14y agowe 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.
- bedspax 14y agolike the UI