This probably sounds ridiculous, but I gotta say it out loud anyway because it’s been driving me bananas for the past few days. I want to create an information resource specifically for Star Trek meme creators. I haven’t been able to get it out of my head, so I think I gotta just build it already.
What would this site even have on it, you ask? Off the top of my head, I’m thinking the contents would consist of: the list of official Trek fonts for all shows (already in progress), links to screencap sites, links to the few Trek meme generators that are out there, software recommendations by platform, maybe a few guides here and there. Basically, all the stuff that would make it possible or easier to make your own Trek memes. Most of us here already have our own workflow set up just the way we want it, but not everybody does, and I’m also thinking a resource like this could help lower the barrier to entry a little.
I write code and documentation for a living, so it’s kinda in my wheelhouse. It would be a fun thing to do on the side, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have a platform and host already in mind.
But I’m wondering if this would actually be used? And would anyone here be interested in contributing?
If you really want a challenge, building a Frinkiac for Star Trek would be a memers heaven
That’s amazing. They have captions and screen captures synced for the first 17 seasons? Holy shit!
ffmpeg would make that really easy. The hard part would be storing it all.
I’m a web dev, happy to lend a hand if need be.
@Moxvallix@sopuli.xyz, Just a heads up about the Trek meme-making web development idea, as you offered your services earlier. I’ve decided to go in a slightly different direction than I initially thought; it’s gonna be on a FOSS wiki that lives on the provider’s (Miraheze) free managed hosting solution. We don’t have source code access and thus won’t be doing typical web dev stuff.
I still kinda wanna do some collaborative development for something Trek-related one of these days, so if/when that happens, I’ll let you know!
While I’m not able to help you with the setting up part, I’d use it and I like the idea :)
Though I don’t think it’s mainly the missing abilities that keep me from creating memes myself; it’s the fact that I feel I have too little knowledge compared to everyone else, but I’m on my way to change that, currently trying to watch all of Star Trek that I haven’t seen and rewatching the part I have seen.
Have fun and take a break when (not if) you need it. All of Trek is a lot. I’d advise breaking it up.
I appreciate the advice but don’t worry too much about me; I’m currently doing one, max. two episodes per day and while it’s still semester break at my uni right now I don’t even manage to watch one every single day and when classes start again it’ll be even worse :')
Plus I (presumably, still on the search for a doc to diagnose me) got ADHD so I gotta make the most out of the obsession while it lasts, the last time I was this obsessed with something it only took 2 years for the obsession to wear off…
But I’ve been more or less (mostly less for the past 8 years) invested in Star Trek since I was like 10 so I assume this is gonna be a life long thing for me :)
I don’t have any coding skills to offer, but I’d be happy to share meme making tips and which tools I like using. I’m always curious to hear other people’s processes too.
I don’t have any coding skills to offer
Depending on how it all shakes out, this technically shouldn’t be an issue from a content contribution perspective; I’m actually looking at lightweight solutions that render from markdown, which we all use to post and comment on Lemmy (and the Bad Place). But you’d likely have to sign into a code repo, set up ssh keys, and do the things developers do, and that’s not everyone’s cup o’tea. If this changes and if I do happen to find an ideal platform where you can just login in your browser and start editing, I’ll let you know!
Add social media and upvotes/downvotes to attract the kids. Maybe videos that are, max, 15 seconds?
Wait no lets just do porn.
Sometimes those eyes are red, but that’s just from makeup getting into Spiner’s eyes.
