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I find it difficult to relate to you. I have been an active internet user since 1997 and have never used flickr a lot and don't feel I will miss anything if it

I find it difficult to relate to you. I have been an active internet user since 1997 and have never used flickr a lot and don't feel I will miss anything if it goes away. Also, if Flickr is such a seminal piece of property, its usage would have been through the roof which is clearly not the case. Yes - it was popular during its heydays but now it is just another photo storing/sharing app.

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nakedrobot2 10y ago
Flickr was the first "web 2.0" site. It was the first social network. It was the first really global photo publishing website. So I agree with heyts above. Flickr repeatedly becomes a shadow of its former self, and that is really very sad. It could have been more, but Yahoo just drove it into the ground - they did it slowly enough however that it did remain relevant for a long time, but it missed just about every boat that came along.
- ghaff 10y ago
  Unfortunately there's really no equivalent pool of photographic content--including CC and public domain content. If flickr were to shutdown, a huge amount of content would be lost. I sort of agree with you but in another sense it remained true to its roots as a photo publishing platform, mostly, for amateurs. But the mass market was fine with putting some pics up on facebook. And serious professionals have other markets more explicitly aligned with their needs.
  - otoburb 10y ago
    Perhaps this could be a clarion call for volunteers to start transitioning the CC and public domain content to archive.org, assuming Flickr gives enough notice that such a shutdown were to occur.
- varjag 10y ago
  It even set the trend for consonant-rich startup names. Tumblr, Grindr, Pixlr..
- jtmcmc 10y ago
  It was also one of the first metadata rich photo sets that was publicly available. Prior to every large company seeing data as their primary source of income Flickr had their open data API and a lot of interesting science was done using Flickr's images and metadata.
- gaius 10y ago
  It was the first social network. Friendster pre-dated it by 2-3 years, MySpace and Facebook by a year. I have to agree with product50, I am an avid photographer but Flickr was never compelling for me. I would only ever see it when someone would post a link to Facebook...
  - lightedman 10y ago
    "Friendster pre-dated it by 2-3 years, MySpace and Facebook by a year." The BBS predates all of them.
  - ojbyrne 10y ago
    According to wikipedia, Facebook was actually started the same month as flickr (Feb. 2004). del.icio.us was another notable "Web 2.0" site that did predate flickr.
- pmlnr 10y ago
  Everyone forgets Deviantart, which was already pretty good ~2000. Scroll to "Innovations" on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeviantArt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeviantArt.
baldfat 10y ago
Flickr search for Creative Commons photos will be a HUGE loss for me. I refuse to use photos I don't have a right to use so I can jump on Flickr and get the right photo license for what I need.

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nakedrobot2 10y ago

Flickr was the first "web 2.0" site. It was the first social network. It was the first really global photo publishing website. So I agree with heyts above. Flickr repeatedly becomes a shadow of its former self, and that is really very sad. It could have been more, but Yahoo just drove it into the ground - they did it slowly enough however that it did remain relevant for a long time, but it missed just about every boat that came along.

ghaff 10y ago
Unfortunately there's really no equivalent pool of photographic content--including CC and public domain content. If flickr were to shutdown, a huge amount of content would be lost. I sort of agree with you but in another sense it remained true to its roots as a photo publishing platform, mostly, for amateurs. But the mass market was fine with putting some pics up on facebook. And serious professionals have other markets more explicitly aligned with their needs.
- otoburb 10y ago
  Perhaps this could be a clarion call for volunteers to start transitioning the CC and public domain content to archive.org, assuming Flickr gives enough notice that such a shutdown were to occur.
varjag 10y ago
It even set the trend for consonant-rich startup names. Tumblr, Grindr, Pixlr..
jtmcmc 10y ago
It was also one of the first metadata rich photo sets that was publicly available. Prior to every large company seeing data as their primary source of income Flickr had their open data API and a lot of interesting science was done using Flickr's images and metadata.
gaius 10y ago
It was the first social network. Friendster pre-dated it by 2-3 years, MySpace and Facebook by a year. I have to agree with product50, I am an avid photographer but Flickr was never compelling for me. I would only ever see it when someone would post a link to Facebook...
- lightedman 10y ago
  "Friendster pre-dated it by 2-3 years, MySpace and Facebook by a year." The BBS predates all of them.
- ojbyrne 10y ago
  According to wikipedia, Facebook was actually started the same month as flickr (Feb. 2004). del.icio.us was another notable "Web 2.0" site that did predate flickr.
pmlnr 10y ago
Everyone forgets Deviantart, which was already pretty good ~2000. Scroll to "Innovations" on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeviantArt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeviantArt.

baldfat 10y ago

Flickr search for Creative Commons photos will be a HUGE loss for me. I refuse to use photos I don't have a right to use so I can jump on Flickr and get the right photo license for what I need.