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What happened to millions of Creative Commons-licensed photos in Flickr? (bryanalexander.org)
21 points by doctornemo 4089 days ago
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subpixel 4088 days ago
Slightly OT, but I overheard a few developers discussing online photo services and one of them, a 20yr-old, asked "what's Flicker?"

I knew Flickr had lost a lot of mindshare, but I didn't realize the situation was that bad.

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doctornemo 4088 days ago
"a 20yr-old, asked 'what's Flicker?'" Wow.
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JacobAldridge 4088 days ago
A bug on the explore page. https://twitter.com/FlickrHelp/status/585182093593804800
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doctornemo 4088 days ago
That's what they tweeted at me. So, good news: the CC-licensed photos are still there. Not so good news: the bug was there for 5 days w/o being noticed or fixed.
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doctornemo 4088 days ago
It's a bug, which appeared around April 1. Fixed now.
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