[kingcharles]

This was one of my dumbest failures:

http://www.dudefactory.com/

(it has no SSL cert, it uses Flash which is 110% dead)

It was launched at the height of AIM/MSN Messenger/etc. I thought we could charge $1/£1/€1 per picture.

Two things: none of our target market had money (you could pay by SMS as well as card, but no-one was doing that), and the avatars just weren't attractive - the women wanted ones that looked like dolls, not weird cartoons. Tried pivoting to AdSense supported and make about $30 a month IIRC.

[astrange]

This is https://picrew.me which is popular enough.

[kingcharles]

That's neat, thanks for the link.

[arsenico]

You were just so ahead of the whole NFT curve.

[kingcharles]

Yeah, 20 years later and Paris Hilton would have been showing off her Dudette on talk shows.