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Flickr has been sold to SmugMug

england Offline Kev D

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Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
on: April 23, 2018, 10:05:20 PM
I just received an email from Flickr where I store my pics to post on here.  They say no changes yet, but I'm guessing they'll go the same was as photobucket.

The email....

We’re excited to announce that Flickr has agreed to be acquired by SmugMug, the photography platform dedicated to visual storytellers.

SmugMug has a long history of empowering people who love photography and who want to improve their craft, making them a perfect fit for Flickr and our creative community. With SmugMug, we’ll continue to focus on you, the Flickr members who inspire us all with your work.

Nothing will change immediately with regard to your Flickr account. You will still access Flickr with your current login credentials and you will have the same Flickr experience as you do now. We will continue to work to make your Flickr experience even better.

We think you are going to love Flickr under SmugMug ownership, but you can choose to not have your Flickr account and data transferred to SmugMug until May 25, 2018. If you want to keep your Flickr account and data from being transferred, you must go to your Flickr account to download the photos and videos you want to keep, then delete your account from your Account Settings by May 25, 2018.

If you do not delete your account by May 25, 2018, your Flickr account and data will transfer to SmugMug and will be governed by SmugMug’s Terms and Privacy Policy.

Read more detailed FAQs about this transition on the Flickr Blog.

We’re happy that Flickr is your home for photography and we look forward to the next chapter in our adventure together as we join the SmugMug family.

Thanks,
The Flickr Team


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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #1 on: April 23, 2018, 10:24:50 PM
These things never seem to bode well....

Good luck to any one using Flickr.

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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #2 on: April 23, 2018, 10:29:21 PM
  I'm glad I'm using imgur mostly but I do have a lot on Flickr as well in album form.   :-\


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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #3 on: April 23, 2018, 10:31:15 PM
I thought that this was a joke when I read the title.  :facepalm:
Best wishes to all flicker users.... I would start migrating important pics...
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #4 on: April 23, 2018, 10:57:39 PM
Well... smurf me.  :facepalm:

Maybe that explains why Flickr has been acting like crap lately.


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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #5 on: April 23, 2018, 11:07:42 PM
Remember, if you're not paying for a service, then you're the product.  :angel:
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #6 on: April 23, 2018, 11:35:22 PM
I just hope this doesn't mean a new round of smurfed up picture links  :rant:


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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #7 on: April 24, 2018, 12:51:31 AM
I've got nearly 2000 pictures hosted on flickr - and over half of those are posted on here. :ahhh


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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #8 on: April 24, 2018, 01:52:52 AM
The basic plan is $3.99 a month (if paid annually).

Seems like the free services have realised they can't compete any more and it doesn't seem like the basic plan will allow linking to forums, but details seem pretty thin.
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #9 on: April 24, 2018, 04:41:10 AM
Just got done saving a couple hundred pics from my flickr. The link issues will be a cluster smurf for sure. :facepalm:
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #10 on: April 24, 2018, 01:00:29 PM
The company's real name is SmurfMoon  :whistle:

and it's a plan to invade all the Internet's free services and hosting pages and make them paid services, all under supervision of a Smurf army, allocated in the Dark Side of the Moon  :ahhh
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #11 on: April 24, 2018, 01:53:42 PM
Sounds like exactly what is happening, TP!

They'll also screw with the old hosted links to "reset" the massive data usage from all currently hosted images, including images from paid accounts. :facepalm:
Got to lpve a good ole' IT merger. ::)
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #12 on: April 25, 2018, 12:11:29 PM
I have lots of images on Flickr :facepalm: and all of them are linked to here :bnghd: Oh how I hate change :facepalm: Guess I will be giving Imgur a chance now :D Thanks for the heads up Kev :salute: Need to get all of my pics and at least have them on my computer I guess :ahhh Good luck to all the rest of you FLickr guys as well :salute:


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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #13 on: April 25, 2018, 12:54:43 PM
Imgur will probably be next to go.  :whistle:
Nothing lasts forever on the internet.  :(
I’m starting to worry about all the lost knowledge.....
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #14 on: April 25, 2018, 01:14:51 PM
Imgur will probably be next to go.  :whistle:
Nothing lasts forever on the internet.  :(
I’m starting to worry about all the lost knowledge.....

it's truly heretic,
a crime against visual and graphic knowledge, history and data   :ahhh

I'm on imgur since Photophucket's mess,  :P
but I too am afraid it's a matter of time
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #15 on: April 25, 2018, 02:41:20 PM
  Think PhotoBucket started a cascade effect. Am on Flik'r too, and did download a few photos that I thought were important enough to keep.
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #16 on: April 25, 2018, 02:43:50 PM
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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #17 on: April 25, 2018, 03:07:31 PM
Smugmug are saying not much is going to change: https://www.smugmug.com/together/faq


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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #18 on: April 26, 2018, 05:51:52 AM
Smugmug are saying not much is going to change: https://www.smugmug.com/together/faq

good deal !


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Re: Flickr has been sold to SmugMug
Reply #19 on: April 26, 2018, 06:39:07 AM
Thanks for the link, hiraethus!
Tis' good news indeed.  :cheers:
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