this is ME BEING ME
This is a Telegram sticker pack based on the words and phrases that I use often.
Why did I make this?
I wanted to inject some fun into texting, and what better way than to use stickers to annoy everyone?
How did I make this?
(1) Decide on the most gaudy colour gradient to annoy people with.
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(2) Record a macro on Adobe Illustrator to help speed up the repetitive task of
(a) applying the colour gradient infill,
(b) applying the white outline,
(c) cropping the text box to fit the 256 x 256 limit,
(d) saving an .ai copy for future edits, and
(e) exporting a .png copy for Telegram.
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(3) This is the easy part - Type out my most frequently used words and phrases into a list.
(4) Hit my list with the macro to generate the stickers, then send them to the Tele Stickers bot.
How is the traction?
Bloody fantastic.
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'This is me being me' has been used over 480K times,
and installed by over 23K people.
My proudest achievement is that my stickers have been used on me by people who did not know that I made them (lol).
Where do I go from here?
I enjoy monitoring the usage metrics to try and pick out usage patterns. As such, I intend to create either a telegram bot or a keyboard macro to help me query the Telegram Stickers bot for (1) daily usage overall, and (2) daily top used stickers. I want to see what patterns I can observe from this data, if any. Do I need to? No, but I still want to.
(Update - Dec '22)
I have been informed by friends that 'This is me being me' has been featured on Mothership's Sticker-Pack-Wednesday! I have no idea who sent it in... but it was super fun seeing the usage spike that night.
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