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Instagram didn’t kill Flickr by being better for photographers, but by being better at distribution.
by sjia 5mo ago
Instagram didn’t kill Flickr by being better for photographers, but by being better at distribution.
- zimpenfish 5mo agoAlso the friction of uploading a photo from iOS was (and pretty much still is, despite Instagram's best efforts to enshittify their app) much, much lower for Instagram. If the Flickr app had had a "quick upload" flow like Instagram, they might have had a chance but (like almost everything Yahoo! did) they fumbled badly and wasted any potential they had.
- chromacity 5mo agoI'm not sure if this is what you mean by "distribution", but I think Instagram won by being content-consumption-centric. People who used Flickr were mostly other photographers. People on Instagram are mostly your customers: people planning their own weddings, moms with newborn children, etc. It's basically a marketing platform, so it's a no-brainer for current or aspiring pros. It sucks for passionate hobbyists, but photography is first and foremost an industry.