This loaded a fairly NSFW random image when I tried it. Sort of uncool.
I just removed the NSFW image as i can not edit the title any more. Sorry for that! Did not think that far when posting.
No worries. And I like the site, by the way.
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#52Looks amazing! Nice work.
I'd recommend changing "Take a random photo" to "Use a random photo". The take action for photo is generally understood to be different to the one you are using it for.
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#53Really nice domain name too! So many sites have .it, .io, etc domain names where the TLD doesn't mean anything at all and it's glaringly obvious it's just cause they couldn't get the .com. In this case it works very nicely.
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#54This is simple enough to catch on with the tweeny Facebook crowd. Make is more SOCIAL NETWORK and with luck it may go viral.
You should add the ability to modify an existing phrase'd picture. That would make it easier for trends to emerge.
Or clone to start your own based on a current one.
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#55Cool promising project! i dont see why you can't make it as big as pinterest ( or at least a fraction of it) Remove the TOS and the checkbox during post, make the process easier. At home screen immediately bring a top list of funny pictures with speech balloons. Add facebook/twitter and pinterest integration (if possible), to share your photo with friends. Create a bookmarklet a la pinterest to allow easy sharing of…
Yes, I think it has potential.
It could also be nice to be able to directly embed the image in forums, so have a direct link to the image (might also be useful for reddit ?).
I know that then, it makes it a bit harder to exatract money, but adding a "created with phrase.it" at the bottom should help with that.
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#56I couldn't find a way to change bubble type after dragging it in.
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#57Very nice! I'll echo thoughts of some one else here who said you'd be representing it right if you added "in seconds" to your tagline.
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#58This is awesome! So far from useless, I'd like to see the most recent or most popular on the home page though
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#59It's sad that people call their little/fun projects useless. I just used your project and thought it was awesome. And even the worst project ever is useful for you . It's how you learn, build and explore. Plus, some truly great things have started out as "useless."
Exactly this.
If the op learned anything at all from this project I would argue that it is in fact far from useless.
Great job on setting a goal and creating something, op!
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#60Before clicking, I thought as though it would be like http://mustachify.me/ with a prompt/variable to render the bubble text.