Rob Allen (@[email protected])

Pleased to hear about the Flickr Foundation. @d0n & SmugMug are doing the right thing with Flickr’s amazing collection of work.

“The 501(c)(3) Flickr Foundation exists to figure out how to keep Flickr around for 100 years, preserving our shared visual commons for future generations.“

https://www.flickr.org/why-were-doing-this/

Why we're doing this - Flickr Foundation

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Show threadSimon JonesDec 13, 2022
@akrabat @d0n I heard about this from an excellent talk by George Oates at dConstruct earlier this year organised by @Clearleft. Talk audio is online at https://archive.dconstruct.org/2022/flickr100
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George spoke at the final dConstruct, a special one-off anniversary edition held in 2022. The theme of the day was design transformation.

Show threadmschiefelbeinDec 17, 2022
@akrabat @d0n Glad they’re trying to maintain it. One of the most important services in Internet history.
Show threadutzer [Friendica]Dec 17, 2022
@akrabat @d0n LOL commercial service failed and now thinks it is worth preserving when it is not even showing a real representation of the over all photos taken as it was commercial (using the data uploaded/generated) and so many did not use it anyway.
Show threadDon MacAskillDec 19, 2022
@utzer @akrabat Failed?
Show threadutzer [Friendica]Dec 19, 2022
@d0n maybe not failed in the sense of a company, I guess their goal was never to give your photos a lifetime long home. @akrabat
Show threadJim Dec 17, 2022
@akrabat @d0n
That is very cool... Flickr had some amazing stuff and I spent hours just browsing the site ages ago
Show threadBørgeAug 17, 2023

@akrabat @aslakr @d0n

And they're in the fediverse: @flickrfdn