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Indeed. I'd have sympathy for Flickr if this story didn't come up almost monthly in the last few years. Between this and the account deletions of those who spok
by theDoug 16y ago
Indeed. I'd have sympathy for Flickr if this story didn't come up almost monthly in the last few years. Between this and the account deletions of those who spoke loudly over Flickr's other account deletions, more and more Flickr is becoming a hostile system.
The lack of a retrieval system could be from a lack of Yahoo wishing to invest in upgrades to the platform in general. The last few years have seen few changes for users beyond geotagging and tagging persons, and competitors (free and otherwise) have stepped far ahead in terms of personalisation and galleries.
I'm very curious to see if Flickr turns into another 'Delicious' situation in a couple years.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoI think that danger is very real. I used to be a Flickr Pro member but I've been taking fewer pictures the last few years (for several reasons) and can't justify the Pro account anymore. However, the side affect of that is that now some of my older pictures are less accessible and my old photo sets aren't browseable. At least to me this seems like a bad business plan for Flickr, especially amidst an abundance of rabid competition.
- dtc 16y agoCould you point me to some of the rabid competition that might offer a similar pricing model?
- InclinedPlane 16y agoFlickr's main competition isn't with services that have feature parity with them, it's more with the growing list of free image sharing sites. Imgur, twitpic, facebook, picassa web, even dropbox. Flickr's value add is rapidly becoming smaller and smaller, which could very easily undermine their business model.
- xyzzyb 16y agoExactly. I used to have a flickr account but since dropbox/facebook came along if I want to share anything it goes in dropbox (public) or facebook (public, but it's easy for my family to see the pics).