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Flickr Fans to Yahoo: Flick Off!


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NaruwanAug 30, 2005 1:52am
Wired News: Flickr Fans to Yahoo: Flick Off!
"A splinter faction of Flickr photo-sharing community members is threatening a symbolic "mass suicide" to protest closer integration with the website's new owner, Yahoo."
wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,68654,00.html [wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,68654,00.html]


csnySep 13, 2007 1:10pm
man(the last line says it all:
"So many of us don't have a gathering place that feels comfortable and communal," she said. "For those who found that on Flickr.com, its transformation into a 'service' on Yahoo is a loss; they are losing something important to them.

"It is a harbinger of the greater sensitivity we need to show in the future as we take more seriously the psychological importance of our digital lives."

take a step back and get a grip ..it's a business..not a charity service for the emotionally fragile


Flickr Fans to Yahoo: Flick Off!

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