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Like others here, I have held a Flickr account for some while, but have only recently started to use it actively.

I am not qualified therefore to say whether the previous version was better or not. As for the bandwidth issue, I live in a very rural area and am barely able to receive a satisfactory speed at the best of times, so this isn't really noticeable on the grand scheme of things.

What I am qualified to say is that I have made many new acquaintances via Flickr who share a similar passion for photography as me. I find the community very active and friendly, very much like here in fact.

It is a real shame that others have not had or are not having a similar experience and have felt the need to leave Flickr. I guess we all have very different opinions, views, needs and expectations.

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So it appears that alot of people have "fallen out of love" with Flickr. What are you using as a viable alternative?

Ipernity.

There are three issues for me with the new Flickr.

1. The new UI is abysmal - style over substance and photographer-unfriendly
2. Bandwidth consumption is ridiculous (and I write as a BT Infinity and Three unlimited data user)
3. (and most important) I will be damned to hell before I allow them to monetise my images. The other two issues pale into insignificance beside this.

Ipernity is, for me at least, what Flickr used to be and should still be - a photographer-friendly, photo-orientated facility. I have a "club" account there (I had Pro at Flickr) and it is great. It is a far more sociable place too.
 
Ipernity.

There are three issues for me with the new Flickr.

1. The new UI is abysmal - style over substance and photographer-unfriendly
2. Bandwidth consumption is ridiculous (and I write as a BT Infinity and Three unlimited data user)
3. (and most important) I will be damned to hell before I allow them to monetise my images. The other two issues pale into insignificance beside this.

Ipernity is, for me at least, what Flickr used to be and should still be - a photographer-friendly, photo-orientated facility. I have a "club" account there (I had Pro at Flickr) and it is great. It is a far more sociable place too.

Thanks for this.

I have just signed up for an Ipernity account. ?t will be interesting to make my own comparisons.

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I do like to flick through contacts' photos, but my main use for flickr is as an image host (and on-line backup). Therefore my main concerns are long-term stability, capacity and cost. Right now no one can beat flickr in terms of capacity and cost, and in terms of long-term stability, I do think larger companies are less likely to have the whole thing crash and burn, since there's more money for stable servers etc, and if the service doesn't do well and it does out of business there's more likely to be advance warning, since the mother company won't want to upset the users.

Bill, how is flickr monetizing users' images?
 
There's been a lot of noise about this. It's Yahoo aiming to get the maximum benefit from their investment. They are rolling out the changes over time, but essentially if you are browsing someones photostream or searching with a keyword you will start to see adverts embedded in the stream. In short they are using your images as a background - and a draw - for advertising purposes. I am vehemently opposed to any bugger making money from my efforts other than myself and have as a result made all my images on there private. I have two more sets to move - weddings that I shot for other people that I have left in place rather than mess them about - but everything else has been hiddden and will be removed.
 
They are rolling out the changes over time, but essentially if you are browsing someones photostream or searching with a keyword you will start to see adverts embedded in the stream. In short they are using your images as a background - and a draw - for advertising purposes.

Not if you're a paid user (I am and have always been). After all, the costs of maintaining such a huge site are very high and they have to make money somehow or shut it down. I think it's a fair bargain.

Anyway, Flickr is still the best image hosting I know. And such things as those amusing notifications show a human touch, much like Google's excellent doodles. I prefer this to the dull seriousness of Microsoft and other Borg-like companies.
 
Not if you're a paid user (I am and have always been). After all, the costs of maintaining such a huge site are very high and they have to make money somehow or shut it down. I think it's a fair bargain.


Ah, no... When you pay, you don't see the ads, but someone who has not paid, when they look at your photostream, does... It's not about you, it's about making money from you without giving you a penny. Yahoo are not interested in the paid model any more. They want to monetise via ads because it is easier and more in line with the house style. They are ditching the serious photo market and aiming for the teenage instagram I-just-shot-my-lunch crowd.

Over my dead body.


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Now, now...let's not say that Instagram is only for the "I just shot my lunch crowd". There are plenty of good photographers and even paid professional photographers who are also good;) that use Instagram.
 
So it appears that alot of people have "fallen out of love" with Flickr. What are you using as a viable alternative?

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I opened a 500px account a while to see what it was about, but at the time it didn't seem to have the same organisational features as flickr, there were limitations with the search functionality, and it featured a lot of softcore porn. It didn't offer as much as flickr at the time but I don't know if it has changed much since. I also didn't see the point in maintaining two different hosting sites. I've seen people write that 500px somehow has a higher quality of images uploaded to it, but I don't know whether that is true or just that those people look at a lot more porn than I do...
 
I tried 500px but found it an odd site. There is constant encouragement to "race up the greasy pole" and be competitive. Also since I don't shoot a lot of colour-saturated garden macro, shortbread-tin eye-itching HDR or underage Russian nymphets I found myself out of place... :rolleyes:

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I can't see me leaving Flickr to be honest. It seems to suit my (limited) needs very well. I haven't really noticed the adverts being particularly intrusive, so I guess they don't bother me.

I have opened an Ipernity account as well and as time allows, I will add some content to it to enable me to do a side by side comparison of the two, but I have built up quite a few contacts on Flickr that I don't want to lose, I think that this account will remain regardless.

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Meant to mention Flickriver as means to showing photos to others without a Flickr account. As far as I know anyone can view that way without any intrusive graphics/ads. Amin recommended it to me several years ago. You can give a link to your stream or a set, etc. The photos have a faint white line around them that sets them off from an otherwise dark background. I have a link to my own in my signature line if anyone is not familiar with the appearance. Once one clicks on an image it brings up the photo on Flickr. I think it's a much cleaner and more attractive way of viewing or showing... Granted, I'm not a "professional" and am sure having one's own website is preferable for professional work.

P.S. I urge members to include in their signature line a link to their own photo web hosting sites, if they feel comfortable. I often like to look at what people are doing and it's awfully easy to come in here or on to FujiXspot and click a link in a signature line. (Hint hint Neil!;))
 
P.S. I urge members to include in their signature line a link to their own photo web hosting sites, if they feel comfortable. I often like to look at what people are doing and it's awfully easy to come in here or on to FujiXspot and click a link in a signature line. (Hint hint Neil!;))

Hint taken BB, I've been meaning to do it for a while, but never gotten around to it, so thank you for the gentle reminder :)

Incidentally, I agree, Flickriver is actually very good and perhaps a little more "polished" thank Flickr


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Gosh whenever I look at 500px all I see are really awful oversaturated dull stock-type snaps.

Nic and Bill must be searching very hard if the're finding all this porny-russian-nymphetty stuff ... :eek:
 
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