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I've been running my own site for displaying images; for backup, I have a dedicated server + synthing. It's the archives I'd really, really miss, from people w

by pmlnr 11y ago

I've been running my own site for displaying images; for backup, I have a dedicated server + synthing. It's the archives I'd really, really miss, from people who more or less stopped taking photos. If Flickr was to offer what Smugmug and 500px does for pros ( like direct upload from Lightroom, eyecandy portfolios, etc. ) instead of focusing on an app that uploads every picture it finds by default, I believe they'd see a return of the many and probable could become profitable. But this would need immediate and massive changes, which I don't think will happen at all.

ghaff 11y ago
You can upload directly from Lightroom using something like jfriedl's plug-in. Works great. I agree that galleries of some sort would be a great addition. I put a lot of photos up on flickr so they're available to myself and others. But I'd like the ability to showcase a more curated collection.
DannoHung 11y ago
Flickr has direct upload from Lightroom... Actually, I think that's built in to Lightroom.
- pmlnr 11y ago
  Lots of thing have Flickr upload; it was just not build by Flickr itself, supporting the professional photographer culture in the first place.
ghaff 11y ago
>It's the archives I'd really, really miss, from people who more or less stopped taking photos. That's fair. The greatest loss if flickr were to go away at some point would be that a lot of content would be permanently removed from the Web. And flickr's scale is such that I can't really imagine something like the archive team being able to copy flickr content and archive it in a useful searchable way. I may be wrong though. Given that there are functioning businesses in the flickr vein, I'm reasonably hopeful it will continue on though. Even if that's wishful thinking on my part.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago
  It might be time for Archive Team to start archiving Flickr.
samstave 11y ago
I was really excited when Flikr relaunched and offered a TB of space... but the upload feature ALWAYS failed for me. I could never upload lots of images (I have many thousands) -- so I finally gave up. Then "Origami" was supposed to launch and solve that - but they shut down before they could even go live!

by pmlnr 11y ago

ghaff 11y ago

You can upload directly from Lightroom using something like jfriedl's plug-in. Works great. I agree that galleries of some sort would be a great addition. I put a lot of photos up on flickr so they're available to myself and others. But I'd like the ability to showcase a more curated collection.

DannoHung 11y ago

Flickr has direct upload from Lightroom... Actually, I think that's built in to Lightroom.

pmlnr 11y ago
Lots of thing have Flickr upload; it was just not build by Flickr itself, supporting the professional photographer culture in the first place.

ghaff 11y ago

>It's the archives I'd really, really miss, from people who more or less stopped taking photos. That's fair. The greatest loss if flickr were to go away at some point would be that a lot of content would be permanently removed from the Web. And flickr's scale is such that I can't really imagine something like the archive team being able to copy flickr content and archive it in a useful searchable way. I may be wrong though. Given that there are functioning businesses in the flickr vein, I'm reasonably hopeful it will continue on though. Even if that's wishful thinking on my part.

toomuchtodo 11y ago
It might be time for Archive Team to start archiving Flickr.

samstave 11y ago

I was really excited when Flikr relaunched and offered a TB of space... but the upload feature ALWAYS failed for me. I could never upload lots of images (I have many thousands) -- so I finally gave up. Then "Origami" was supposed to launch and solve that - but they shut down before they could even go live!