There are a lot of photographers out there how enjoy "the old way": putting time into the creation of the photo right at the time of shooting instead of taking

There are a lot of photographers out there how enjoy "the old way": putting time into the creation of the photo right at the time of shooting instead of taking the same - or more - time for post processing. Some of these people have retreated to their own sites, because none of the social networks offer the slow, steady, carefully crafted publishing what they'd prefer. Indeed Flickr was - still could be - a good place for these people. It's a niche market, true, but if the service is fading, you might want to target a group which is currently not targeted by anyone. ( No, 500px is _not_ an alternative; that is a very long discussion, why, approximately summarized by Sarah Marino[1] ) Instead of targeting high profile amateurs, who are already willing to pay for their hobby, Flickr created a mobile app, which, by default, consumes ALL images and video on the device, acts, works and looks too similar to Instagram. I know growth is god, but it really shouldn't be, especially not in this case. They should have focused on enthusiasts, though it might be too late now. ( I'm just silently noting that maybe they stop making UI changes to the site and make it work without an excessive amount of crappy JS, and instead try to figure out the target market. ) [1]: http://www.naturephotoguides.com/blog/photo-consumption-conformity http://www.naturephotoguides.com/blog/photo-consumption-conf...