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I have wanted a Flickr competitor with start-up culture and mentality for a while. I feel reticent about uploading my private photos to Flickr, because Flickr d

by kmfrk 16y ago

I have wanted a Flickr competitor with start-up culture and mentality for a while. I feel reticent about uploading my private photos to Flickr, because Flickr don't have any second layers of authentication. I'm convinced that there's a great start-up opportunity here.

petervandijck 16y ago
Me too. http://blog.getgush.com/post/3858261541/were-hiring-a-few-senior-developers http://blog.getgush.com/post/3858261541/were-hiring-a-few-se...
- kmfrk 16y ago
  Best of luck. It'd be fantastic if you supported YubiKeys: http://www.yubico.com/for-developers http://www.yubico.com/for-developers.
  - petervandijck 16y ago
    Looks more like something for bank accounts etc? Strong auth?
    - kmfrk 16y ago
      Banks? They have a pretty simple API, as I understand, and it's incredibly easy and convenient to use. (You can even use it on iOS devices, if you use the USB adapter.)
extension 16y ago
I have wanted a Flickr competitor with start-up culture and mentality for a while Kind of like Flickr was back when they were a startup? I want a competitor who can exist and provide hassle-free service for at least a decade, and my standards are always rising. I can't spend all my time jumping ship from one "start out, sell out, burn out" company to the next. Yes, there is an opportunity: to provide a service that is sustainable.
- mechanical_fish 16y ago
  It's funny: I managed to put off uploading my photos to Flickr for so long that I out-delayed Flickr itself. Procrastination for the win, I guess. Where will my photos end up? Dropbox, perhaps. Dropbox really is a great startup: My local data is backed up online and vice versa. If they vanished tomorrow I'd lose nothing. Would barely even have to think. Maybe someone should value-add some more Flickr features to Dropbox.
- kmfrk 16y ago
  I don't know about the "they" - I don't know if anything happened after the creator(s) sold it. As I recall, the original creator resigned quite vociferously. Maybe some services should just be replaced every five years.

by kmfrk 16y ago

petervandijck 16y ago

Me too. http://blog.getgush.com/post/3858261541/were-hiring-a-few-senior-developers http://blog.getgush.com/post/3858261541/were-hiring-a-few-se...

kmfrk 16y ago
Best of luck. It'd be fantastic if you supported YubiKeys: http://www.yubico.com/for-developers http://www.yubico.com/for-developers.
- petervandijck 16y ago
  Looks more like something for bank accounts etc? Strong auth?
  - kmfrk 16y ago
    Banks? They have a pretty simple API, as I understand, and it's incredibly easy and convenient to use. (You can even use it on iOS devices, if you use the USB adapter.)

extension 16y ago

I have wanted a Flickr competitor with start-up culture and mentality for a while Kind of like Flickr was back when they were a startup? I want a competitor who can exist and provide hassle-free service for at least a decade, and my standards are always rising. I can't spend all my time jumping ship from one "start out, sell out, burn out" company to the next. Yes, there is an opportunity: to provide a service that is sustainable.

mechanical_fish 16y ago
It's funny: I managed to put off uploading my photos to Flickr for so long that I out-delayed Flickr itself. Procrastination for the win, I guess. Where will my photos end up? Dropbox, perhaps. Dropbox really is a great startup: My local data is backed up online and vice versa. If they vanished tomorrow I'd lose nothing. Would barely even have to think. Maybe someone should value-add some more Flickr features to Dropbox.
kmfrk 16y ago
I don't know about the "they" - I don't know if anything happened after the creator(s) sold it. As I recall, the original creator resigned quite vociferously. Maybe some services should just be replaced every five years.