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I’d suggest integration with native desktop applications, automated tagging with area crop (trivial these days), doubling down on IRL communities (Meetup wasn’t ever awarded a patent for that, no?)
Will these continue, and expand?
Meanwhile, storage and bandwidth are two of the more expensive things around.
Turning things around could as this thread suggests could greatly improve the income. But again, I feel surprised there was a Flickr still around to acquire.
By the way, if you are a Flickr user, then you control what I see on my television. By "television" I mean the screen and Apple TV, which is the only television I have. And I went into the settings and set "Most Popular on Flickr" as my screensaver. So I've often fallen asleep watching whatever images you have upvoted. The one feature I hope Smugmug adds is captions. I often see incredible nature photos, and I've no…
On the one hand, I'm happy that Flickr will stay alive but on the other, I'm worried about what Smugmug will do to it regarding policy. Smugmug's Acceptable Use Policy [0] is rather puritan, forbidding things that are "indecent", "lewd", "sexually suggestive" or anything else that "in the sole judgment of SmugMug, is objectionable, harmful". Flickr's [1] on the other hand is rather accepting: "If you would hesitate t…
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> at Yahoo they never quite knew what to do Isn't that true for Yahoo in general? They kinda stumbled upon being internet giant, and have been utterly confused on what to do next ever after.
For sure. Flickr wasn't the only company Yahoo mismanaged.
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These article writers miss the mark (IMHO) by comparing Flickr to Facebook and Instagram. Those instant gratification platforms ruin photos by sub-sampling uploads. When I share my photos on Flickr (pro account), they’re available in full resolution. Yes FB and Insta compete with Flickr for eyeballs, but for real photography sharing, there is no competition there. Flickr wins. If anything, SmugMug is (was) competing…
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.
- As a photographer, I enjoy photography on desktop computers rather than mobile screens. This is why I prefer Flickr over Instagram.
- Delete the Yahoo login please.
- Bring back the community feeling. I used to check Flickr blog every week to see what is going on in the Flickr community.
- Simplify the product please. I think Flickr is great at organizing photos but it's not ideal for following photographers.
- Usernames are a mess. Let's say your username was "bob" when you registered as a Flickr user. Later, Yahoo Flickr renamed usernames as "handle" and introduced another username. Please unify usernames and handles and make it simple again.
Best of luck. I hope Flickr's destiny won't be like Delicious.