I posted this news on a general chat forum on the PurplePort portfolio hosting site (aimed primarily at photographers and models, usually NSFW). PurplePort user

I posted this news on a general chat forum on the PurplePort portfolio hosting site (aimed primarily at photographers and models, usually NSFW). PurplePort users include a large community of active photographers, and I thought the discussion might be enlightening. So, in a totally unscientific study, their responses mainly fall into the following categories: - I’d better upgrade my Flickr membership to keep my pictures - I already deleted my account because Flickr doesn’t materially benefit my photography (e.g. in getting work) - So it is worth being a Pro member after all - I haven’t used my Flickr account for ages because Yahoo locked it Compared with the discussion here, no-one got heated about the link rot issue.