Phil Gyford

I wonder what percentage of people paying for Flickr annually are, like me, thinking, “£74 is too much for something I rarely post to, but I feel held hostage by the 20 years’ worth of old photos I’m hosting on it.”

Every year I wonder what to do, and never reach a conclusion.

Feb 17 at 1:59pmIvory for iOS
Show threadPhil GyfordFeb 17
Maybe £74/year is OK for hosting 4,900 photos taking up 11.6 GB? But given I rarely see or use them, it _feels_ like too much, every year forever.
Show threadPhil GyfordFeb 17

Something like this seems a good idea (makes a static site of your Flickr photos and data) https://github.com/aaronpk/Flickr-Archivr

My own https://django-ditto.readthedocs.io/ is fine but if I was archiving things, static would be better than a Django site.

GitHub - aaronpk/Flickr-Archivr: Download and archive your entire Flickr account as a static website

Download and archive your entire Flickr account as a static website - aaronpk/Flickr-Archivr

GitHub
Show threadPhil GyfordFeb 17
But one thing I do like about having Flickr is somewhere to upload new photos that isn’t Instagram. Not sure how to balance “want to put recent photos online somewhere open” vs “don’t want to run my own dynamic photo website forever”.
Show threadJasperFeb 17
@philgyford my site builds statically every post based off a CMS backend (Craft). Images are currently in Cloudflare R2 but could also be static. What's your site built in?
Show threadPhil GyfordFeb 17
@jasper Django
Show threadmichaelFeb 18
@philgyford I both mirror Flickr to my own static site generator setup via a python script that calls their api, but support it as I like the community there, one of the few bits of old web I regularly go to still.
Show threadPhil GyfordFeb 18
@michael I have all the data and could turn on pages mirroring it all on my site. Unfortunately I don't feel a lot of community there now, with so many friends on Instagram.
Show threadJames JefferiesFeb 17
@philgyford I think I might work out a plan to download all my stuff on there and close my account
Show threadBen EdwardsFeb 17
@philgyford Yep, am thinking the same, without a conclusion. I used to justify part of the sub as a contribution to Flickr Commons, but am not sure if SmugMug/Flickr still funds the non-profit. Now I think of it as paying £74 not to have to deal with all the decisions and work to export and shut down the account, which is ridiculous.
Show threadPete AshtonFeb 17
@philgyford I’ve been one of those people. This year I finally bit the bullet, downloaded the archives and canceled. Interestingly my 14,718 photos are all still up there (might be because they’re all Creative Commons?)
Show threadAegirFeb 17
@philgyford I made a sudden decision a few years ago and downloaded everything and closed my account before I could second-guess myself. It was quite freeing and I’ve not missed it.
Show threadLaura JamesFeb 18
@philgyford i guess i see my subs as partly a philanthropic support for Flickr commons, the focus on long term preservation of digital images etc. i also genuinely want to outsource looking after some of my digital content and Flickr feels a rare example of a trustworthy place...
Show threadPhil GyfordFeb 18
@Laura All understandable! Maybe I'd feel a bit differently if the charge was actively couched in those terms, like n% goes to support the commons etc. But as it is I think "that's a lot to host a load of old photos".