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Why Flickr is a diamond in the rough, and how to make it awesome again

Feb 15, 2020 by Ole Henrik Skjelstad 18 Comments
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It was back in 2014 that I set up an account on Flickr. I posted a few images and forgot about the platform. Two years later I returned with a sensation of that this time it would be for good. Flickr is cozy —  it feels like a small town where everyone knows each other. I would love to see that small town grow into a bustling city. Why? Because I have grown fond of the platform, and because I believe it has a ton of potential.

What is already great about Flickr and what can be improved? I have a few thoughts.

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The problem with Flickr’s plea for help

Dec 24, 2019 by Daniel Lee 4 Comments
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Flickr users received an email a few days ago asking for help to spread the world of Flickr. Don MacAskill who is the CEO of both SmugMug and Flickr, explained the platform is still losing money and needs our help to keep it alive.

Being that I’ve used Flickr since I started photography in 2011, this worried me. I never really got into Instagram and still don’t use it much as it’s part of Facebook (enough said). I enjoyed 500px years ago but it lost most of its popularity quite some time ago and still continues to lose users.

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Flickr is losing money, puts out plea for help asking users to upgrade to Flickr Pro

Dec 20, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 58 Comments
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Ever since SmugMug acquired Flickr, the platform has seen some positive changes. However, it turns out that SmugMug bit off more than they could chew. The company is losing money, so they sent out an email to Flickr users asking them to help by upgrading to Flickr Pro.

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Flickr now offers 6K display resolution for its Pro users

Oct 21, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Flickr offers quite a few perks to its Pro users and it has recently introduced another one. Anyone with the Pro account can now view photos in up to 6K resolution, which is three times larger than it was before. Let the pixel peeping begin!

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Alex Baker is a portrait and lifestyle driven photographer based in Valencia, Spain. She works on a range of projects from commercial to fine art and has had work featured in publications such as The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller and El Mundo, and has exhibited work across Europe

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