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Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by Maro »

vbone wrote: post #41
acangiano wrote: post #20

I'm surprised he hasn't disclosed it himself, but it's worth noting that the author has tried his own hand at this problem with the site Zooomr.com. Things didn't work out though and the site never took over Flickr.

Exactly, I am at a loss to explain why so many people continue to fanboy this blowhard. He has expressed on multiple occasions his dissatisfaction but fail to disclose his conflict of interest as well as the fact that if he really really hates the service so much he can take it elsewhere or try to start his own (oh wait, that didnt work out).

His site could have failed for a number reasons, such as lack of funding, lack of viral growth (if it was social), or whatever. I think you should be careful not to pick on someone because their startup/project failed. Especially here on HN, where we're supposed to embrace failure.

Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by [deleted] »

raganwald wrote: post #66
vbone wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly, I am at a loss to explain why so many people continue to fanboy this blowhard. He has expressed on multiple occasions his dissatisfaction but fail to disclose his conflict of interest as well as the fact that if he really really hates the service so much he can take it elsewhere or try to start his own (oh wait, that didnt work out).

Be careful not to accidentally commit a Circumstantial Ad Hominem . His so-called conflict of interest has no bearing on whether his argument is cogent. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2868269 ;-)

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Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by Maro »

ugh wrote: post #16
Tichy wrote: post #3

Not that I have high hopes for Flickr, but sampling the trends going on a walk with Google employees is probably a bit biased. As for Flickr: isn't it strange how the products with the worst user interfaces always seem to become the most popular? Same with Facebook.

Both Flickr and Facebook had awesome interfaces when they first became popular. They just didn’t change enough or went in the wrong direction afterwards.

I think the Flickr UX is pretty good, but I've only been a user for a couple of months. So maybe the problem is that the Flickr UX can't grow with the user/photographer?

Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by 9999 »

ajays wrote: post #40

Thomas Hawk is a well-known Flickr hater. He keeps bashing Flickr at every chance he gets. And then he continues to use Flickr. I've been reading his "Flickr is dead" and "I hate Flickr" rants for years and years. He tried to start a competing service, but it failed miserably; so he continues to bash Flickr instead. Dude: if you don't like Flickr, don't use it. Plain and simple. And if you think you can build a bette…

When he noted that he had been banned from their help forum a lot of alarm bells went off for me.

Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by olefoo »

vbone wrote: post #42
olefoo wrote: post #26

Thomas Hawk has a long history of enthusiasm and rage; if his normal pattern holds expect to see him lambasting Google for not adding his pet (absolutely essential) feature in six months or so. This latest enthusiasm has me puzzled though. I mean Google+ looks like it's great for sharing photos of limited interest that aren't necessarily public. But it doesn't strike me as a good place to present your art to the worl…

The more telling thing is that Thomas Hawk isn't even his real legal name (Google it) so is in BLATANT violation of the Google+ real name policy. Feel free to report it. I personally don't see why he should get a free pass on this.

I wouldn't report it because I try not to be an utter prat, on the internet or IRL. But it is a telling instance of Google's hypocrisy on the issue of pseudonymity.

Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by pkulak »

Google+ finally made me move from Flickr. The integration between Google+ and Picasa is really well done. Now I can upload HD video longer than a minute and a half. I can easily share content with exactly who I want to (without them needing an account anywhere). Before I had to upload family photos to Flickr (world-public, of course, or no one was going to be able to figure out how to see them) then email the album around or post it on Facebook. Now it's all in once place and way easier.

Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by pkulak »

ANH wrote: post #21

One thing Flickr has going for it is photos aren't so closely tied to a user's identity. I'm a bit of a photography buff, a Flickr Pro user for years, and I'm not sure I want my photographs to be in the same place where I update friends and acquaintances about my status. It's an entirely different thing to me. The article has it right, though, about Flickr's lack of updates. The most recent major change I've noticed…

Really? The whole reason I like Google+ is that I can share family photos with family and make other stuff public. I could never do that on Flickr.

Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by cek »

xuki wrote: post #57
ashconnor wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Flickr is beyond irritating at times. I uploaded duplicate photos by mistake on Flickr and had to go through hundreds of photos one by one deleting them. There's no option to delete duplicates based on file name or file name/creation date etc. because Flickr has basically been dormant from a development standpoint for years.

Your need is very unique and it's something you only do once in a while. And yes, you can delete all the photo at the same time using organizer, or you can use the API to write your own delete method.

I disagree. Finding and removing duplicates amoungst the 6000+ photos I have on Flickr is a PITA. I screwed up a few times and uploaded photos I didn't think I already had there.

Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by drgath »

9999 wrote: post #74
ajays wrote: post #40

Thomas Hawk is a well-known Flickr hater. He keeps bashing Flickr at every chance he gets. And then he continues to use Flickr. I've been reading his "Flickr is dead" and "I hate Flickr" rants for years and years. He tried to start a competing service, but it failed miserably; so he continues to bash Flickr instead. Dude: if you don't like Flickr, don't use it. Plain and simple. And if you think you can build a bette…

When he noted that he had been banned from their help forum a lot of alarm bells went off for me.

Well, considering he trolls the blogosphere with a new "Flickr is Dead"-type post every month, I can't imagine he was very helpful within the help forums and was doing more harm than good.

Re: Flickr is dead

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Post by cek »

If Google really wanted to make this true, they'd add "Import from Flickr" to the G+ Photo Upload page.
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