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Hey Makr.io, don't let the haters get you down.

by jiggity on 8/16/12, 7:37 PM with 11 comments

  • by kirillzubovsky on 8/16/12, 9:08 PM

    Dude, I am so glad you wrote this.

    Makr.io team is fantastic; they are a fun bunch of hardworking guys and gals. I hope they aren't too bummed out by the haters. Makr itself is a f-ing cool product. I am not just drinking koolaid here either. I am the last guy to care about memes. LOL cats make me gag sometimes (sorry Ben Huh :).

    Perhaps that's the reason why so many people are hating. They are thinking of Makrio is a meme generator, but it's not. It's a cool tool for self-expression, a way to learn something new about your friends. The content on Makrio isn't about the image, it's about the content that you could associate with it. If you feel like being silly, you can just slap silly text on stupid images, but if you want to be interesting, sarcastic, or to be in whatever mood you're in that day, then you got to think of something interesting to post and to say. What a great way of self-expression!

    I really wish Makrio team best of luck and hope they ignored the haters. You guys rock!

  • by d3ad1ysp0rk on 8/16/12, 8:15 PM

    I despise the attitude that anyone who disagrees with an idea is a "hater". I also think "If all you see is a lame pinterest / canv.as / quickmeme clone, then by definition, you see nothing more than the average person." is pretentious and implies that the average person is never correct. I see nothing impressive in Makr.io.

  • by jgrahamc on 8/16/12, 8:37 PM

    It would be nice if this blog post, or makr.io articulated what it is that makes makr.io different and special. For example, the blog post says "Take a deep dive into their interaction mechanics". If that's the secret sauce that makes makr.io special then how about hearing a description of that?

  • by tylermenezes on 8/16/12, 9:52 PM

    Thank you for writing this! Calling them a pinterest clone because the site looks a little similar is absurd! The only similarity I can possibly see is to Canvas, and even then, it's very new.