The text on a pic of a dumpster-fire: "A Place Where Perspective Is Shared Not Forced." Nice commentary on Yahoo!
I am surprised that I had to scroll for so long to find a comment about the dumpster fire!
Smugmug Acquires Flickr
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#182I have an account, but never really used it.
Give me this and I sign up for a paid account:
* RAW storage for Fuji cameras
* ad-free
* no shenanigans where you try to own or sell my photos
* privacy
* acceptable price (hobbyist range, not pro photog)
I‘m indifferent about:
* video storage
* a store to sell my photos
* a service to print my photos
I‘d consider a huge selling point:
* some kind of ECC for photos, to fight bit-rot
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don here, thanks so much for the vote of confidence. Big job ahead of us, but the community is the reason we did this. We want to invest, innovate and grow there. We'll be working hard. But first I have a lot of learning to do. Stay tuned.
This is why I continue to hang out on HN. Is there anywhere else on the internet this kind of connection would happen?
Reddit has a tendency to gain so much momentum that companies can't ignore people that are having problems like this. In that case, you often see a rep from the company log in and start triageing the situation.
Don here is clearly much more on top of the situation than that, but my point is that any big social site ends up seeing this with enough outrage.
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#184This is exciting! I've long believed that Flickr should have doubled down on their existing users instead of trying to become another Instagram. Over on the USA Today article[0], there's this line: A longtime fan of Flickr, MacAskill says before making any decisions, he plans to collect feedback from employees and users. Hey Don - I used to pay money for Flickr, and I'm happy to start paying again if there is evidenc…
Don here, thanks so much for the vote of confidence. Big job ahead of us, but the community is the reason we did this. We want to invest, innovate and grow there. We'll be working hard. But first I have a lot of learning to do. Stay tuned.
This is the very best thing that could have happened to Flickr. The only other long term option would have been a mausoleum at archive.org or Archive Team.
Much good luck!
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#185Soon to be featured on https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
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#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey Don, I have been on flickr since 2010 and I have been subscribed to Flickr's "Pro" service for several years. I rely a lot on those statistics to generate more views and contacts I would also like an expansion and more detailed analysis Why can't I know WHICH picture was found through Google (You don't, you say there were X finds through Google, but we can't see which picture)? Why don't you show the Google Searc…
I had a quick look over their pricing plans, and they actually seem pretty fair to me. $48 per year to store all of your photos on the basic paid tier, and all the other tiers seemed aimed at people that are either enthusiasts or professionals, eg people who want to have their own domain. The old adage of "you kind of get what you pay for" seems to apply.
In this day and age using your own domain adds no cost aside from the domain itself.
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes I was confused when I recently started uploading to Instagram that I couldn't find a way to view photos at 100%. But in a way that's clever; I think reflects their intention to capture spontaneous moments, regardless of technical merit. You can't zoom-in to be wowed by 50MP of detail and thus it puts everyone on the same level, regardless of tools, and focuses them on composition and timing.
is there really a need to force everybody to the same level? I don’t think that it is a competition, people just share their moments. why equalize everybody’s photos to same crappy quality?
Because the types of moments or compositions that Instagram chooses to focus on are low resolution. 50mp is great for a large print, and Hasselblad sharpness, and 10 lights. But Instagram chooses to offer noise and color filter to everyone with a smartphone, so they can make their salad or dog look cool. I have lots of lenses and I love instagram, because I don't have to worry about pixel peepers and get genuine feedback.
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#189So what will happen to users who have a smugmug and Flickr account? Will they do an almost merge ala Google and YouTube?
We're not planning on merging the products, but we realize there are customers with both that might like them to be even easier to use together. I don't know what shape that'll look like yet, or when you might expect it, but I'm excited to dig in and find out.
You might want to see amygdyl's post (apparently dead by default):
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#190I have an account, but never really used it. Give me this and I sign up for a paid account: * RAW storage for Fuji cameras * ad-free * no shenanigans where you try to own or sell my photos * privacy * acceptable price (hobbyist range, not pro photog) I‘m indifferent about: * video storage * a store to sell my photos * a service to print my photos I‘d consider a huge selling point: * some kind of ECC for photos, to fi…
Out of curiosity...
Why Fuji? Is there any specific thing about those RAW files or just your use case?