…and why he’s going to work for an upstart Flickr competitor, Zoomr
Flickr gave me my first real audience and interactive experience for my photography. Sure, I had a blog before Flickr and people would leave comments on my blog and say things like, “great photo,” and “wow,” but these were few and far between and I never felt like I had a connection with these people.It has been said many times that Flickr is like crack. But what makes it like crack is this interaction your work has with the people that view it, fav it, comment on it, save it, etc. For every one real life photographer friend I was making at SFlickr, I was making another 10 online friends on Flickr. Many of these people periodically made their way through San Francisco and I even got to meet them face to face. The incorrigible Mr. Chalk (yes I know he’s been deleted again), Beebo Wallace, the lovely Elinesca, helveticaneue, the list could go on.
So flickr did a lot for me. It encouraged my photography, it inspired me, it created lasting friendships. And I am today really, really into it. I started a Flickr blog. I post virtually every day on Flickr. etc. I still love Flickr and will always love Flickr. But…
Hmmmm, part of this post got lost in the posting process. Interesting. (Making note for next Flock review….)
What I had tacked onto this was a ditto for what he said about Flickr…it’s truly community at its very best.
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