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I just hope that however any of this falls out, Flickr survives and starts to see some attention. I really, really like Flickr (pay for it even) and don't want

I just hope that however any of this falls out, Flickr survives and starts to see some attention. I really, really like Flickr (pay for it even) and don't want to see it die. I actively dislike the competitors in the social photo uploading space (cannot stand Picassa's UI, and Facebook is, well Facebook. Photos are not the primary function there). Flickr suits my needs just perfectly.

timerickson 15y ago
Have you tried 500px.com?
- cowpewter 15y ago
  No, this is the first I've heard of it. I'll take a look over the weekend. First glance it actually looks a little more...artist-geared? than what I use Flickr for. I'm not even close to a professional or advanced amateur photographer. My Flickr feed is a mishmash of things taken with my phone, my point 'n shoot, some photos I've put effort into and some that I've not. I like the community on Flickr (there are a lot of other people in the asian ball-jointed doll hobby there, and probably a good 75%+ of my photos are of my dolls), and the ease of just uploading handfuls of photos at a time and grabbing the BBCode to post them on forums without having to host the images myself. I like that I can feel like I can throw anything up on my Flickr stream, and then selectively share the ones I think are good with related groups, and not have to overly curate what I upload to only my "best" shots. The only thing I really feel I'm missing from Flickr is more advanced permissions. The 'guest pass' thing never seems to quite work for me when I want to share a photo only with specific people. I usually wind up marking the photo private and sending the person a direct image link.
  - boyter 15y ago
    Off-topic but can you post your Flickr link. I'm curious to know what a "Asian ball-jointed doll" actually is.
    - sambeau 15y ago
      http://www.flickr.com/groups/bdjs/pool/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/bdjs/pool/
    - cowpewter 15y ago
      ABJDs are highly customizable dolls, generally made from hand-cast polyurethane resin, and, as their name implies, usually from companies based in Japan, S Korea, or China, and poseable thanks to their ball-joint and elastic construction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cowpewter/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cowpewter/ It's basically all dolls, cats, occasional garden photos and random sketches.
JosephHatfield 15y ago
Agreed. Picassa sucks. SmugMug is a bit better for professional photographers, but I haven't seen any photo site (500px included) that beats Flickr if you're looking for a large community of photographers with lots of sharing.
jxi 15y ago
While I agree that Picasa's UI is pretty bland, I still love it because it so easy to upload and sync and share photo albums, which is basically all I do with it.

timerickson 15y ago

Have you tried 500px.com?

cowpewter 15y ago
No, this is the first I've heard of it. I'll take a look over the weekend. First glance it actually looks a little more...artist-geared? than what I use Flickr for. I'm not even close to a professional or advanced amateur photographer. My Flickr feed is a mishmash of things taken with my phone, my point 'n shoot, some photos I've put effort into and some that I've not. I like the community on Flickr (there are a lot of other people in the asian ball-jointed doll hobby there, and probably a good 75%+ of my photos are of my dolls), and the ease of just uploading handfuls of photos at a time and grabbing the BBCode to post them on forums without having to host the images myself. I like that I can feel like I can throw anything up on my Flickr stream, and then selectively share the ones I think are good with related groups, and not have to overly curate what I upload to only my "best" shots. The only thing I really feel I'm missing from Flickr is more advanced permissions. The 'guest pass' thing never seems to quite work for me when I want to share a photo only with specific people. I usually wind up marking the photo private and sending the person a direct image link.
- boyter 15y ago
  Off-topic but can you post your Flickr link. I'm curious to know what a "Asian ball-jointed doll" actually is.
  - sambeau 15y ago
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/bdjs/pool/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/bdjs/pool/
  - cowpewter 15y ago
    ABJDs are highly customizable dolls, generally made from hand-cast polyurethane resin, and, as their name implies, usually from companies based in Japan, S Korea, or China, and poseable thanks to their ball-joint and elastic construction. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cowpewter/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cowpewter/ It's basically all dolls, cats, occasional garden photos and random sketches.

JosephHatfield 15y ago

Agreed. Picassa sucks. SmugMug is a bit better for professional photographers, but I haven't seen any photo site (500px included) that beats Flickr if you're looking for a large community of photographers with lots of sharing.

jxi 15y ago

While I agree that Picasa's UI is pretty bland, I still love it because it so easy to upload and sync and share photo albums, which is basically all I do with it.