the future of Flickr?
Anyone that logs into Flickr today will see huge changes in the layout and format. I do not like the changes. In the help forum, 12,000 (and counting) members have written in to comment and 99.99% are negative. MAny are threatening to leave the site. Some already have.
So whats going on? Since this is where I'm based and where I get most of my naked pics to post here, it matters a lot to me. Some see a corporate influence and attempt to make Flickr more like the instant messaging services like twitter and instagram - visually exciting, quick, no frills. But this will drive away the more serious photographers in droves.
Flickr management is very quiet right now, and some feel, because there was little warning about the changes, that they have their minds made up and there will be no going back. Its chilling - that some forces have perhaps taken over and for business reasons, changes have been made that will not be reversed no matter how much people complain. That makes it a site no longer for photographers. We may never get our site back.
Anyone have any more input?
KLondike
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