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16 pointsJFitzDela17 comments

Is it Sheen Me dot me? Or Sheen Meme? Either one works.

I just went to check if AsSheenOnTV.com was taken. Apparently someone already had that idea.

I never could understand how short-lived sites built off of memes can make any real revenue. Anyone care to enlighten me with stories/numbers?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2176771

Just saw you launched this in a night from conception. Great job and good luck. Please, keep us posted on numbers (visits and $)!

Looks like the count is in the url.

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. :)

- John

Don't you need the rights to those photos?

Thanks for the comments all! I'll take a closer look and reply ASAP (got the "real job" thing distracting me at the moment).

For those who noticed: multivoting has been fixed (or at least mitigated).

This is fun! :)

Will gladly accept any tips for features, monetization, etc.! Thanks guys!

Nice job. I would say to try to do some t-shirts (there are some places online doing this already but it is worth a shot)

i agree. it's probably the most per transaction you can get out of this meme.

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.

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).

Your wizard should be linear, top to bottom. The current layout is a little confusing and not obvious enough.

No support for punctuation?

Yeah. I need my # sign.

#winning #tigerblood

And hyphens

http://sheenme.me/view/160

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