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This has been pretty widely discussed elsewhere, including Twitter, and in part was the reason SmugMug changed that policy at the last minute to include preserv

This has been pretty widely discussed elsewhere, including Twitter, and in part was the reason SmugMug changed that policy at the last minute to include preservation of freely licensed photos, and deceased users' accounts: https://petapixel.com/2019/03/09/flickr-will-save-all-creative-commons-photos-deceased-members-accounts/ https://petapixel.com/2019/03/09/flickr-will-save-all-creati... Likely the best way to "save" free accounts with more than 1000 photos that haven't yet been deleted is to use the new option to gift them a Pro membership, which apparently doesn't require the account's consent.

eveningcoffee 8y ago
Yes, it is something but I am not sure that this is enough. There are accounts that contain important information and I could not see how the owners of these accounts would change the license. There are users that Giving pro membership is the option I am going to use but this is not perfect either because the amount must be paid upfront and is relatively large - $50. I could support up to 10 accounts with the monthly subscription but I could not pay $500. The pro membership only lasts for a year and then we are back in the same place.
- vitovito 8y ago
  You could promote those accounts to @FlickrJubilee, which at one point was taking names and donations: https://twitter.com/flickrjubilee https://twitter.com/flickrjubilee Archive Team had a Warrior project to preserve at least freely licensed photos, and they have an EFnet IRC channel #flickrfckr where you might be able to provide accounts for further archiving: https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Flickr https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Flickr