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I'm sorry to hear how hard it's been for George. Flickr is a great product and has had huge returns for Yahoo. That said, my uninformed reaction is to conside

I'm sorry to hear how hard it's been for George. Flickr is a great product and has had huge returns for Yahoo. That said, my uninformed reaction is to consider this a good move. The last thing Yahoo needs is another project with no clear business model, regardless how cool. This is the kind of work that should be funded by massive donations like wikipedia. If it's going to be supported by a company, it shouldn't be one on life support.

davidw 18y ago
Yeah, I don't know much about this person, but flying a guy (edit: oops, sorry, girl! that's what I get for writing first thing in the morning) around the world to talk about "the commons project" sounds like lots of money that could be better spent elsewhere. That said, if she's bright and a good worker, why not at least give her the chance to do something else in the company?
- zaius 18y ago
  George is a girl http://www.flickr.com/people/george/ http://www.flickr.com/people/george/
  - 3pt14159 18y ago
    That explains the crying, etc... Thank you for clearing that up.
    - gruseom 18y ago
      That explains the crying, etc. I can see this got downmodded into oblivion, yet I don't think it's so far from the mark. I noticed some cognitive dissonance in myself while reading the original post under the assumption that George was a he. It dissipated when I figured out she's a she. Such a clear little "experiment" doesn't come along very often so I think it's worth paying attention to.
      - noonespecial 18y ago
        I knew a French guy in High School named 'Michelle'. He was like a walking sociology experiment. It was highly enlightening.
        gruseom 18y ago
        I'm assuming you mean "Michel" and it was at an English-speaking school?
        michaelneale 18y ago
        Hey I am a bit sensitive about my name being "Michelle" in french - or at least pronounced that way ;)
fauigerzigerk 18y ago
You know, if yahoo is unable to find a way to make money off something like Flickr, there is no way any number of layoffs will save them. And there's something else I don't get. Why are they not trying to outsource projects that they do not consider to be core? Why are they not asking people like George to enter into some other kind of contractual relationship with them that would allow the continuation of a good project? Someone as well connected as George might be able to find additional funding for Flickr Commons from other sources.
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m0nty 18y ago
"Flickr is a great product and has had huge returns for Yahoo." Personally I think it was a good site until Yahoo! took it over. Now it feels a bit like that local friendly coffee shop you'd been using for years that suddenly became a Starbucks. I'm sure there's room for an innovative competitor there.

davidw 18y ago

Yeah, I don't know much about this person, but flying a guy (edit: oops, sorry, girl! that's what I get for writing first thing in the morning) around the world to talk about "the commons project" sounds like lots of money that could be better spent elsewhere. That said, if she's bright and a good worker, why not at least give her the chance to do something else in the company?

zaius 18y ago
George is a girl http://www.flickr.com/people/george/ http://www.flickr.com/people/george/
- 3pt14159 18y ago
  That explains the crying, etc... Thank you for clearing that up.
  - gruseom 18y ago
    That explains the crying, etc. I can see this got downmodded into oblivion, yet I don't think it's so far from the mark. I noticed some cognitive dissonance in myself while reading the original post under the assumption that George was a he. It dissipated when I figured out she's a she. Such a clear little "experiment" doesn't come along very often so I think it's worth paying attention to.
    - noonespecial 18y ago
      I knew a French guy in High School named 'Michelle'. He was like a walking sociology experiment. It was highly enlightening.
      - gruseom 18y ago
        I'm assuming you mean "Michel" and it was at an English-speaking school?
        michaelneale 18y ago
        Hey I am a bit sensitive about my name being "Michelle" in french - or at least pronounced that way ;)

fauigerzigerk 18y ago

You know, if yahoo is unable to find a way to make money off something like Flickr, there is no way any number of layoffs will save them. And there's something else I don't get. Why are they not trying to outsource projects that they do not consider to be core? Why are they not asking people like George to enter into some other kind of contractual relationship with them that would allow the continuation of a good project? Someone as well connected as George might be able to find additional funding for Flickr Commons from other sources.

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m0nty 18y ago

"Flickr is a great product and has had huge returns for Yahoo." Personally I think it was a good site until Yahoo! took it over. Now it feels a bit like that local friendly coffee shop you'd been using for years that suddenly became a Starbucks. I'm sure there's room for an innovative competitor there.