Interesting - I wonder how much of Flickrs increasing numbers are porn spammers.Seems to me this illustrates Yahoo's problems with their technologies. Clunky web groups and, according to my friends, clunky photo sharing. I guess they would have had less chance of losing customers if they did the migration themselves in a way to make it basically transparent to their users.But since none of my friends ever pays Yahoo any money...
I also find flickr rather cluttered and unintuitive to use. Google's Picasa pages are much more to my liking -- they suit the the way I want to share photos.
frprod,I can't believe you just said that! That was such a racist/bigoted remark. I hope it was just a tongue-in-cheek statement. But even if it was, it is still inexcusable.
To be fair, he may have a point. Some people feel that the quality of photos on Flickr will decrease as it's flooded by photos from Yahoo photos. Opening up the floodgates is not always a good thing. Look at what happened to Digg.
Video and photos? A bunch of new Yahoo photos users? It sounds like Flickr is in danger of losing its elitist, niche reputation. I love that Flickr has amazing content. I don't know how I feel about having it diluted by a mass of new users and a bunch of crappy video clips everywhere. I like the simplicity and purity of the site 'as is'. If ain't broken, why fix it?
I use esnips (<a class="user" href="http://esnips.com)">http://esnips.com)</a> to maintain my photos + music + video + document, so don't care much about yahoo photos, because the bandwidth not good (have no idea about the others - maybe it bad only to me :p)
blueboodahMay 4, 2007
Interesting - I wonder how much of Flickrs increasing numbers are porn spammers.Seems to me this illustrates Yahoo's problems with their technologies. Clunky web groups and, according to my friends, clunky photo sharing. I guess they would have had less chance of losing customers if they did the migration themselves in a way to make it basically transparent to their users.But since none of my friends ever pays Yahoo any money...
Closed AccountMay 4, 2007
I also find flickr rather cluttered and unintuitive to use. Google's Picasa pages are much more to my liking -- they suit the the way I want to share photos.
doctorberenMay 4, 2007
frprod,I can't believe you just said that! That was such a racist/bigoted remark. I hope it was just a tongue-in-cheek statement. But even if it was, it is still inexcusable.
kbarrettMay 4, 2007
To be fair, he may have a point. Some people feel that the quality of photos on Flickr will decrease as it's flooded by photos from Yahoo photos. Opening up the floodgates is not always a good thing. Look at what happened to Digg.
kbarrettMay 4, 2007
Video and photos? A bunch of new Yahoo photos users? It sounds like Flickr is in danger of losing its elitist, niche reputation. I love that Flickr has amazing content. I don't know how I feel about having it diluted by a mass of new users and a bunch of crappy video clips everywhere. I like the simplicity and purity of the site 'as is'. If ain't broken, why fix it?
xtremesniperMay 4, 2007
There is a "new" Yahoo Photos coming. I thought they were going to get rid of it....<a class="user" href="http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-6084601-7.html">http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-6084601-7.html</a>
Closed AccountMay 4, 2007
Hmm..It's the 4th and no announcement. This is bulls**t, just as I has suspected.
n3txpertMay 4, 2007
I use esnips (<a class="user" href="http://esnips.com)">http://esnips.com)</a> to maintain my photos + music + video + document, so don't care much about yahoo photos, because the bandwidth not good (have no idea about the others - maybe it bad only to me :p)
mario85May 9, 2007
i cant acess my yahoo photos, i didnt get any notice from yahoo. Anyone knows whats going on?