I’m so lazy I’m now using one word titles…
So the (preemptive urgh) “blogosphere” is all a twitter at the recent spate of rats jumping ship executives leaving Yahoo! So much so there is even a nice automated Yahoo! resignation letter generator. The reason I’m slightly worried is the two main people at Flickr, Catarina Fake and Stewart Butterfield, are leaving Yahoo! too. Add a recent tweet by community manager Heather Champ and things don’t seem to be going well in Sunnyvale.
Trouble ‘t mill, one ownt crossbeam gone out askew on treddle!
Now I’m pretty heavily invested in Flickr, I’ve been a member for 4 years and I have nearly 4,500 pictures on there, plus this site is knee deep in Flickr hosted pictures. So any sudden changes would affect me greatly, but I’m seriously wondering how long it has left, and when I should begin to start looking for an alternative, and the pain that’s no doubt going to cause. I can’t use Zooomr as I have a personal vendetta against Thomas Hawk (over a year old) but I sadly don’t know any other alternatives, can anyone recommend a good Flickr clone?
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One response to “Exodus”
Hey, I don’t know why you exactly have a so-called “vendetta” against Thomas Hawk, but why does that really matter?
If you don’t like him, just block him on Zooomr and be done with it. Him and I both love and use Flickr along with Zooomr and for what its worth, our free unlimited uploading doesn’t cost you anything to try.
Zooomr is a great place to share and talk about what’s going on, so please do not put it past yourself to try it out just because of one person. :)
I hope you find your answer, but in any case, the flickr folk are pretty good people. I wouldn’t worry too much.
kristopher tate
cto & founder – zooomr