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Mon, Feb 13 2012 13:51:55

early adopter nerds, on flickr's past & future

A twitter discussion between my early adopter nerd friends, prompted by the horrifying news that the incompetents at yahoo! <a href="http://nolancaudill.com/2012/01/30/the-front-line/">laid off flickr's entire team of highest level customer support</a>, a truly excellent & essential group of people.

  1. lia
    can we PLEASE have a massive kickstarter to buy flickr away from the incompetent morons at yahoo before they manage to kill it?
    lia bulaong
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 14:30:18
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  2. tangentialism
    @lia At this rate, they're just going to cure it in brine and make us stare at its empty eyeballs forever.
    David Yee
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 14:31:14
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  3. tangentialism
    Here's the sad question: Instagram 2012 > Flickr 2004?
    David Yee
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 14:42:45
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  4. anildash
    @tangentialism i'm surprised that I really lament the end of the centralized photo repository. Having to ask "where are your photos?" sucks.
    Anil Dash
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 14:44:43
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  5. tienmao
    @tangentialism no way. i think flickr has more artistic value (not a slap on filter) and was a more open community.
    Tien Mao
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 14:45:32
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  6. tangentialism
    @tienmao Totally agree. The community was the best part, and to see them strip away their community management is the worst insult, to me.
    David Yee
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 14:46:20
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  7. tangentialism
    @anildash I've been wondering if the paradox of choice in photo sharing we live with today hasn't stifled what we share, and how.
    David Yee
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 14:48:03
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  8. tangentialism
    @anildash Actually, ditto links and null (dots intended)
    David Yee
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 14:49:44
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  9. riondotnu
    @tangentialism @anildash Not only stifles what we share, but dismantles our shared personal histories...
    Rion Nakaya
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:01:52
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  10. anildash
    @riondotnu @tangentialism exactly.
    Anil Dash
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:02:18
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  11. riondotnu
    @tangentialism @anildash Interface also matters (of course). Where Flickr promoted personal history, Instagram blows it away w/ the wind.
    Rion Nakaya
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:04:04
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  12. tienmao
    @anildash @riondotnu @tangentialism dismantles history in general. so hard to go back and find things (same with twitter for that matter)
    Tien Mao
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:04:05
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  13. tangentialism
    @tienmao @anildash @riondotnu History & filtering were two of Flickr's strongest points. Neither is well-addressed in newer photo services.
    David Yee
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:07:14
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  14. anildash
    @tangentialism @tienmao @riondotnu I would add metadata handling overall. Such genius there.
    Anil Dash
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:07:34
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  15. tangentialism
    @anildash @tienmao @riondotnu When did metadata become so uncool? It is STILL the most promising gift of the network effect.
    David Yee
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:09:03
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  16. akuban
    @tienmao Instagram is the Twitter of photos. I don't upload anything to it that is of lasting value
    Adam Kuban
    Sun, Feb 12 2012 14:06:27
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  17. tienmao
    @akuban right. nobody cares about lasting value anymore. it's all about what's going on right this second.
    Tien Mao
    Sun, Feb 12 2012 14:06:27
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  18. tangentialism
    @akuban @tienmao The sad part, to me, is that nobody seems to promise lasting value anymore, even implicitly.
    David Yee
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:09:57
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  19. tienmao
    @tangentialism @akuban and lasting value is basically the reason i paid to renew my flickr membership. even though the community is dead.
    Tien Mao
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:13:01
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  20. tangentialism
    @tienmao @akuban The presumption of any lasting value in a Yahoo! Flickr account, at this point, seems tragically flawed.
    David Yee
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:14:45
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  21. akuban
    @tienmao @tangentialism @riondotnu @anildash: Renewed Flickr b/c its my storage. Any remaining cmmnty activity is (thin) gravy at this point
    Adam Kuban
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:16:07
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  22. tienmao
    @akuban @tangentialism @riondotnu @anildash right. but part of that lasting value is in fact our archive of photos/interactions, no?
    Tien Mao
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:17:45
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  23. thisisaaronland
    the problem with just buying @flickr back from @yahoo is that it leaves @yahoo alive to continue poisoning the internet / just saying
    thisisaaronland
    Tue, Jan 31 2012 15:32:25
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