First came Flickr Video, now comes the backlash

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First came Flickr Video, now comes the backlash

by Brad Linder Apr 9th 2008

If there's one thing we know about Flickr users, it's that they'r not shy about sharing their opinions. Shortly after Microsoft made an offer to buy Flickr's parent company Yahoo!, images mocking the deal started showing up all over the site. And now that Flickr has added the ability for uses to upload short videos, a large group of Flickr image-only purists has formed a "NO VIDEO ON FLICKR!!!" group.

Over 6,000 members have already joined the group, and more than 1600 have signed a petition asking for the new feature to be removed.

Basically, their argument is that there are plenty of places for people to upload and share videos. What's made Flickr special is its focus on images. Of course, anyone can filter out videos from their search results just by clicking on the advanced search options. It would be nice if the feature were more prominently placed, but why ask Flickr to modify its search bar when you could just try to incite a riot?

[via Thomas Hawk]

Tags: flickr, no-videos-on-flickr, protest, videos

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Rocketboy said 7:32PM on 4-09-2008

THIS IS NOT WHAT I'M USED TO.
x6000+

aanidaani said 8:57PM on 4-09-2008

It's so stupid... why would you need yet another video sharing site?

Quikboy said 7:58AM on 4-10-2008

Competition? I honestly don't like YouTube quality, and I hope more neat services come out to show that there is something better than YouTube.

Many sites already hit past that quality mark, it's just the lack of users and content that we're waiting for. With the large number of Flickr users, this is a great thing.

Melizzard said 9:04PM on 4-09-2008

I just don't get why this is such a big deal to people. I love the fact that I can now keep my video and my photos in the same place. I uploaded a video today and I can say that whatever they do to it - it doesn't get degraded the way it does on other video sites. It still looks great and you can't get that from other sites. I don't think they are trying to be the next You Tube. I think they are just trying to meet the needs of a large number of their existing customers.

Nicholas said 1:50AM on 4-10-2008

Most people on the internet are retarded, and whine about everything.

Peter said 10:24PM on 4-09-2008

Flickr is one big love-in where anyone with differing opinions is clearly not welcome. Have you ever noticed how there are no negative comments on any photo? The shooters just delete all the negative comments. Every photo is the most fabulous thing anyone has ever seen.

Chris said 10:32PM on 4-09-2008

Big surprise. The internet is full of babies. I bet horseshoers back in the day wished they had an outlet to vent their frustration about the automobile. Get over it. It's called evolution. And from what I can tell, Flickr did a great job of subtly adding this feature, without rocking their interface's boat.

Big John said 10:36PM on 4-09-2008

Oh get over yourselves. They aren't going to remove it.

Oppo said 7:58AM on 4-10-2008

Two reasons why these people are stupid. First Youtube basically has a monopoly and monopolies never operate to the benefit of the masses. Second is its nice to be able to combine your pictures and videos on one site.

Oppo
Monopoly

Chemical Pill said 12:36PM on 4-12-2008

Honestly, people. Who proofreads this stuff? "It's that their not shy?" Think of the children.

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