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Flickr is now conversational
Observing the organic evolution of online communities is simply fascinating.
I’ve always loved taking photos, which probably explains why I am obsessed with Flickr! Despite my lack of interaction with other Flickr users, I tend check my photo stream many times a day… there is something strangely addicting about Flickr!
It seems that everybody’s doing some design update these days. First Facebook, then Mashable, and Flickr earlier last month joined the redesign craze.
It seems clear that Flickr wants to promote the use of its social features and the best photos from the community, rather than simply using Flickr as an online photo album. The new design succeeds in promoting new content, whilst allowing to keep track of comments, favourite photos and contacts updates.
But most importantly Flickr is now conversational, which is in my opinion the most exiting change that could happen within the Flickr community…
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It’s an interesting “feature”. It’s not really new as it was always there, just not with such a “new” interface. As a pro flickr user I’d rather see them take care of feature like I described on my blog.
http://blog.cristianobetta.com/2008/09/01/did-flickr-miss-the-social-revolution/
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You know, I’ve always wanted to know more about how flickr works because I’m sure that I, like you say, would get completely addicted – it’s just visual candy for the day. But I haven’t taken the time to figure out all of the features – I just use it as free image hosting for now
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Loved your post Cristiano, I think you raised some good points. I think Flickr managed to address the integration with other Social Media networks such as Facebook, WordPress or the Shozu app on my mobile fairly well… I am a happy bunny anyway, that said, you are clearly more involved than I am…
Cedric – check out the homepage and you’ll notice the difference!
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I like the idea. Flickr is a great tool for photographers and hobbyist so I hope it will develop more and more.
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Hey nice to have you on my blog (did you connect with Sandrine ?)
Concerning your post, it is clear to me that the Flickr community is one of the most exciting in fact ! Good to see that they managed it that well !