As a user of both - dear God, no! Flickr has a pretty large and pretty serious audience of users who at least regard themselves as proper photographers. A good

As a user of both - dear God, no! Flickr has a pretty large and pretty serious audience of users who at least regard themselves as proper photographers. A good portion of the (me included) pay for the pro accounts. Flickr could, I'm sure, be tweaked a bit to let you more easily keep track of your friends other than through their photos - journals, one-line 'status updates', link sharing and the like. But how would this not alienate their already large and paying constituency of photographers, or their developing relationship with Getty as a supplier? Honestly, I can't see how this would be a probable net win for Yahoo.