Comments on: How to Scare Your Users, by Flickr http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/333/how-to-scare-your-users-by-flickr/ Ramblings of a GIS Hacker Wed, 30 May 2012 06:21:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: The Whiteness http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/333/how-to-scare-your-users-by-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-20502 The Whiteness Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:16:57 +0000 http://crschmidt.net/blog/?p=333#comment-20502 I was terminated by Flickr last week. Flickr have provided no advanced warning or any kind of explanation after the event. Fortunately I uploaded all my images from iPhoto so I have copies of the images, titles and tags. I had paid for the pro upgrade in exchange for absolutely nothing. I am furious. What I am supposed to do? There is, as far as I can make out, no ability to contact Flickr about their decision. Flickr's action is total nonsense. Good riddance to bad rubbish. I was terminated by Flickr last week. Flickr have provided no advanced warning or any kind of explanation after the event. Fortunately I uploaded all my images from iPhoto so I have copies of the images, titles and tags. I had paid for the pro upgrade in exchange for absolutely nothing. I am furious.

What I am supposed to do? There is, as far as I can make out, no ability to contact Flickr about their decision.

Flickr’s action is total nonsense. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

]]> By: Cape Town Hotels http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/333/how-to-scare-your-users-by-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-20495 Cape Town Hotels Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:43:38 +0000 http://crschmidt.net/blog/?p=333#comment-20495 Thanks for the valuable information, Christopher. Your message really disturbs me. Does this mean Flickr will censure graphic material. Is it based upon complaints (or bad flags) from other users? Thanks for the valuable information, Christopher. Your message really disturbs me. Does this mean Flickr will censure graphic material. Is it based upon complaints (or bad flags) from other users?

]]> By: Christopher Schmidt http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/333/how-to-scare-your-users-by-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-19998 Christopher Schmidt Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:39:42 +0000 http://crschmidt.net/blog/?p=333#comment-19998 I maintain backups of the images, and I'm still working on a script to backup the titles, descriptions, tags, sets, and other metadata that I generate. However, that's not all the value that Flickr has for me: Comments, number of views, other people adding as a favorite, etc. are all important (or at least interesting) information that I can't easily replicate in a sane way to any other gallery system that I have. Toss in the increasing amount of my participation in Flickr groups, and you've got a recipe for a lot of content generated by me or by other users viewing my photos that I can't really back up in any sane way -- and if Flickr is going to take such a draconian policy towards the users of their service, then the investment that I am putting into Flickr is misplaced. I maintain backups of the images, and I’m still working on a script to backup the titles, descriptions, tags, sets, and other metadata that I generate. However, that’s not all the value that Flickr has for me: Comments, number of views, other people adding as a favorite, etc. are all important (or at least interesting) information that I can’t easily replicate in a sane way to any other gallery system that I have. Toss in the increasing amount of my participation in Flickr groups, and you’ve got a recipe for a lot of content generated by me or by other users viewing my photos that I can’t really back up in any sane way — and if Flickr is going to take such a draconian policy towards the users of their service, then the investment that I am putting into Flickr is misplaced.

]]> By: John Cowan http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/333/how-to-scare-your-users-by-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-19997 John Cowan Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:18:56 +0000 http://crschmidt.net/blog/?p=333#comment-19997 You *are*, of course, keeping local backups of all content you store in the cloud? You *are*, of course, keeping local backups of all content you store in the cloud?

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