Flickr started the trend of devowel-ing to get a "cool" domain, and was basically _the_ example API used for web development, along with a bias towards extremel

Flickr started the trend of devowel-ing to get a "cool" domain, and was basically _the_ example API used for web development, along with a bias towards extremely high quality content (your lens must be this-$$$ to qualify). Then came the "upload 1000 vacation photos at a whack" people, and general mismanagement. It lost its brand value and cachet, and has been clunking along trying to recapture the magic. https://www.flickr.com/explore https://www.flickr.com/explore