“After lots of corporate shuffling, #Flickr ended up in the hands of a family-owned company, SmugMug, and they made the Flickr Foundation to preserve public photos for the next 100 years”

via @anildash

https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/30/artemis-photos-flickr/

Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr?

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Anil Dash
@paninid @anildash Flckr needs to federate.
@tchambers @paninid @anildash From what I understand, they’ve talked about it.
@ramsey @paninid @anildash Last convo I heard about this was i think 3 or more years ago?
@tchambers @paninid @anildash Same. I remember hearing why they decided not to do it right now, but I can’t remember what it was, and I don’t want to misspeak.
@paninid Flickr has some of the best photos. Some old but still good.
Searxng has Flickr as a source for images and I see some good images on there.
@paninid @anildash I have been a happy, paying customer of Flickr for at least 12 years.
@paninid Does that mean it doesn’t suck any more? After its first acquisition/transition, it sucked super bad.
@paninid @anildash flickr is a phenomenon. That they are still there a quarter of a century later. Nearly completely unchanged boogles my mind.