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Flickr says "The Internet Archive Book Images recently deleted their Flickr account. Flickr and Internet Archive were in agreement on this because..." so from t

Flickr says "The Internet Archive Book Images recently deleted their Flickr account. Flickr and Internet Archive were in agreement on this because..." so from the sounds of that, Flickr didn't delete it, they both agreed it wasn't what they wanted?

jeffbee 5y ago
Interesting. I hope there is not a general policy of discouraging documents on Flickr because a Flickr album I personal refer to often consists entirely of scanned maps and papers. https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/albums/72157622518464203 https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/albums/7215762251846...
testplzignore 5y ago
It sounds like the Internet Archive deleted it without consulting with all (or any?) of the people who built and use it. Would be nice if they made a statement to clarify the situation.
- Ansil849 5y ago
  > It sounds like the Internet Archive deleted it without consulting with all (or any?) of the people who built and use it. Yup, that is exactly what it sounds like. I learned this lesson many years ago, and this is why I no longer devote any significant amount of my time contributing to projects which someone else has the power to pull the plug on.
r_singh 5y ago
I’m not sure but considering that SmugMug bought Flickr some time back… Maybe they sent the IA a bill? And in response to that the IA “deleted their account”…
- onethumb 5y ago
  Nope, we didn't send IA a bill. :)
  - r_singh 5y ago
    Thanks for letting me know :)
deleted 5y ago
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jrochkind1 5y ago
Then, weirdly: > "The @internetarchive did not ask to take these off of Flickr's site. We do not have any power of them-- it is up to them." —https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle/status/151100996579578675 https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle/status/151100996579578675... IA and Flickrs pent weeks talking about this (according to flickr...), but didn't come to enough understanding that they both agree on what happened? I'm also curious what happened with the title of this HN post. It currently says "The Internet Archive Book Images has deleted their Flickr account", but apparently originally said something else? Shouldn't the HN post title match the tweet linked, regardless? Under what HN policy do mods change the title to not match what it's linking to?
- webmaven 5y ago
  Now that tweet has been deleted.
  - jrochkind1 5y ago
    I think I just accidentally corrupted it in my post. let's try again: https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle/status/1511009965795786754 https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle/status/151100996579578675...
- johtso 5y ago
  The account is being reinstated! https://twitter.com/DonMacAskill/status/1511033739706478594 https://twitter.com/DonMacAskill/status/1511033739706478594 "Recommending to IA that they delete it was a mistake. Our problem was that the 5M book images were drowning out the rest of the Commons members. So, we are restoring the account, moving it out of the Commons, and placing the book images under CC0, with IA’s permission and support"

jeffbee 5y ago

Interesting. I hope there is not a general policy of discouraging documents on Flickr because a Flickr album I personal refer to often consists entirely of scanned maps and papers. https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/albums/72157622518464203 https://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/albums/7215762251846...

testplzignore 5y ago

It sounds like the Internet Archive deleted it without consulting with all (or any?) of the people who built and use it. Would be nice if they made a statement to clarify the situation.

Ansil849 5y ago
> It sounds like the Internet Archive deleted it without consulting with all (or any?) of the people who built and use it. Yup, that is exactly what it sounds like. I learned this lesson many years ago, and this is why I no longer devote any significant amount of my time contributing to projects which someone else has the power to pull the plug on.

r_singh 5y ago

I’m not sure but considering that SmugMug bought Flickr some time back… Maybe they sent the IA a bill? And in response to that the IA “deleted their account”…

onethumb 5y ago
Nope, we didn't send IA a bill. :)
- r_singh 5y ago
  Thanks for letting me know :)

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jrochkind1 5y ago

Then, weirdly: > "The @internetarchive did not ask to take these off of Flickr's site. We do not have any power of them-- it is up to them." —https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle/status/151100996579578675 https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle/status/151100996579578675... IA and Flickrs pent weeks talking about this (according to flickr...), but didn't come to enough understanding that they both agree on what happened? I'm also curious what happened with the title of this HN post. It currently says "The Internet Archive Book Images has deleted their Flickr account", but apparently originally said something else? Shouldn't the HN post title match the tweet linked, regardless? Under what HN policy do mods change the title to not match what it's linking to?

webmaven 5y ago
Now that tweet has been deleted.
- jrochkind1 5y ago
  I think I just accidentally corrupted it in my post. let's try again: https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle/status/1511009965795786754 https://twitter.com/brewster_kahle/status/151100996579578675...
johtso 5y ago
The account is being reinstated! https://twitter.com/DonMacAskill/status/1511033739706478594 https://twitter.com/DonMacAskill/status/1511033739706478594 "Recommending to IA that they delete it was a mistake. Our problem was that the 5M book images were drowning out the rest of the Commons members. So, we are restoring the account, moving it out of the Commons, and placing the book images under CC0, with IA’s permission and support"