Linked to http://unhosted.org and http://couchapp.org in the comments -- glad to see these sorts of concerns becoming more mainstream.
What if Flickr fails?
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Re: What if Flickr fails?
#22Ah, Emancipay. I reviewed them as part of my work on what is a very similar idea. My notes say "Academics who have not implemented anything". Hmm.
Re: What if Flickr fails?
#23I've paid for a Flickr pro account for a few years now. Ironically, I first got on Flickr when Yahoo Photos shut down and they forcefully migrated me to Flickr. But I'm letting my pro account expire this month. I've been using Flickr for 2 main purposes: sharing photos with friends and backing up all my photos. It hasn't been great for either. No matter how many guest passes and invites I mail friends, most of them o…
Facebook keeps improving their photo service - removing album limits, increasing resolution.
Flickr both doesn't limit how many photos can be in a set or collection and provides the original resolution (at least for the pro account, I don't remember what the free account's limits are). These "improvements" Facebook is making is just catching up to flickr's base functionality. Obviously, Facebook may be more compelling to use for it's (monetarily) free price if you just want to post photos for your close friends to look at. I personally get tired of the photos of people's lame afternoons on Facebook, there's a lot more interesting content being posted to flickr, and I don't necessarily need to friend someone to be exposed to it or find it.
I find flickr better for managing photos. It's the internet, it like one click to get anywhere. I've settled that if people don't bother to click through from Facebook (where my flickr photos get posted to my wall as thumbnails) to actually view the photos on flickr where they are public (requiring no account), they aren't actually interested in seeing it.
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#24this reminds me of the geocities shutdown. you can't trust companies enough to keep data available and around forever. if you get too popular, controversial, or inactive, you should accept the fact that your data could be removed at any time.
Even when you're paying them for the service? "Sorry. We know that you were paying us monthly/yearly for the service, but you've been inactive for too long. We're going to deactivate your account" That doesn't seem right to me.
They might go bankrupt or discontinue for other reasons.
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#25People should stop posting every single shitty photo they take. What is the point of that? Follow the links to the author's flick account. It's full of complete garbage. Not just garbage, but also repetitive garbage. There are sets of nearly identical tasteless snapshots. Who gives a fuck if you lose them? Its intrinsic value being displayed on a public photo site is zero. Just dump them on a hard drive, no need to d…
Jared Loughner is that you? Talk about rage 24/7...
Re: What if Flickr fails?
#26People should stop posting every single shitty photo they take. What is the point of that? Follow the links to the author's flick account. It's full of complete garbage. Not just garbage, but also repetitive garbage. There are sets of nearly identical tasteless snapshots. Who gives a fuck if you lose them? Its intrinsic value being displayed on a public photo site is zero. Just dump them on a hard drive, no need to d…
I'd have to agree. The way that the author uses Flickr is pretty pointless.
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#27Is the problem with Flickr or Yahoo? I feel Yahoo management has let down Flickr users.
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#28I feel that Flickr is going about it all wrong. They host pictures, but they lack focus. IMHO they should begin offering ways for their hobbyist audience to make money.
1) Allow companies to post picture descriptions they want, and allow Flickr users submit entries for those requests. Companies can buy the images they want; Flickr makes a small royalty per transaction.
2) Host a Stock Photo interface for users who want to participate. Users who submit entries for photo requests, which are not accepted, can be moved to their stock area.
3) Use their audience to build an online photography service directory - complete with galleries for each photographer represented. Allow customers to book and rate directly through the site.
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#29I feel that Flickr is going about it all wrong. They host pictures, but they lack focus. IMHO they should begin offering ways for their hobbyist audience to make money. 1) Allow companies to post picture descriptions they want, and allow Flickr users submit entries for those requests. Companies can buy the images they want; Flickr makes a small royalty per transaction. 2) Host a Stock Photo interface for users who wa…
They have an attempt to go in that direction, though it's not that streamlined: http://www.flickr.com/help/gettyimages/
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#30> Here’s a way EmanciPay will help newspapers.
Sigh. http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/02/why-small-payments-wont...