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Re: Flickr is dead

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how do you do that?

One way, for example: http://flickrstream.webzardry.com/ The key is "upload date" which is editable, and determines the order. If you don't have a tool for it, go to your set in the organizer, sort the set as you want, go to the first photo, open the edit modal dialog, and start stepping through the photos setting the upload time to 1 second after the last. When you're done, the photo stream itself will reflect the c…

wow, that's awesome. I hadn't realized they had made upload date writable! This has some interesting possibilities. It is somewhat too bad that changing it will wipe out the original photo upload date, though - for photos which don't have the date taken in the exif, there will be no time history of the photo left.

Re: Flickr is dead

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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.

It's not the fact that he tried and failed (although it is more the fact that he hitched his horse to Kristopher Tate and Zooomr which ended up going nowhere) but more the fact that he so actively disparages (repeatedly) a supposed competitor.

Putting that aside, he's also done this repeatedly to no avail so it is disappointing to say the least to see people pick up and repeat his deeply flawed message.

You might also want to take a look at the following for some perspective on the man behind the persona.

http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/07/18/stockbroker-tho...

http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/06/27/%E2%80%9Cjay-ma...

http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/07/04/how-stockbroker...

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