Pretty sad news. I get the feeling that, in general, no company wants to give users a way to share free-form content and have ownership over that content. Eve

Pretty sad news. I get the feeling that, in general, no company wants to give users a way to share free-form content and have ownership over that content. Every new "social media" platform that pops up allows sharing only a very strictly-defined set of data, shared only in a limited way. A lot of the open-ended nature of sharing on the web has gone by the wayside, while extremely narrowly-focused sharing methods take their place. Flickr for example feels like some kind of relic, a holdover from an earlier time, where you can actually _join groups_ and share photos (incl. metadata!) in there and have discussions in those groups. I'm very thankful it still exists, and I dread the day it is shut down. I used to spend a ton of time browsing Flickr groups related to my interests (R.I.P. "Macintosh" group!) as it was a perfect way to find great photos and some interesting discussion you cannot find elsewhere. I've tried to do the same on Instagram over the years, and it's just not the same. Browsing everyone who tagged their stupid coffee photo #macintosh is not even close to the same experience, and sharing a conversation with people is simply not possible in that context. Not sure what else to say. It's just another casualty of the web I grew up with. The web I watch slowly disappear. :\