Comments on: Photosharing Mogul Flickr Launches Flickr Video

By: Daan Jansonius

Daan Jansonius — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:43:14 +0000

Some people aren’t too happy with Flickr at the moment:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/10/do-you-video-on-flickr/

Facebook faced a similar backlash twice, once with the newsfeed (which is seen as one of its main features now) and with the advertising system Beacon (which they’ve put on hold till further notice).

It will be interesting to see which way Flickr will go with this, will they persevere or cave to the pressure of their community?

By: Igor Beuker

Igor Beuker — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:56:10 +0000

@ Erik

I thin k I feel the same as you. Flickr Video might be an add-on (extra) service to loyal users, such as yourself?

Like you, we know many “Pro-Ams” are usig Flickr Photo. The community photographers also starts to give each other tips on how to use: camera’s, lenses, light, angles etc..

I’m a lousy photographer, but the tips I read are very very helpful to me

Cheers

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:56:52 +0000

Personally, I wish Flickr would stick to photos. I like the community as is. But on the other hand, at least they are keeping the videos short and to only serious users… I guess I am not sure yet, I have been sharing photos and videos on Pixamo for a while, but all my professional shots are on Flickr…

By: Daan Jansonius

Daan Jansonius — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:18:01 +0000

Yeah definitely. Quickly browing through Flickr’s archive shows a lot of high quality shots, whereas a quick search on Youtube will mainly bring you poor to average quality.

As for the Pro membership, with the fee they charge I think it’s more about attracting a certain crowd. $24 isn’t a lot of money, but will put off most people who simply look for a place to upload their photo’s to.

By: Igor Beuker

Igor Beuker — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:06:40 +0000

@ Daan

Do you also think that Flickr has more pro-am photographers/users? Where YouTube is also the video hosting platform for funny or ugly one-shots?

Cheers

By: laurens

laurens — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:54:13 +0000

I’ve checked the site, Flickr aims on mobile phone users who want to upload their phone videos to the web. BUT! You have to be a Pro member, to upload your videos. That means about $ 24,05 fee for 1 year.

Do you believe the video opportunity is a marketing trick to push members to a Pro membership?

By: laurens

laurens — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:20:15 +0000

From my Iphone, I can easily “push” my photo’s to my Flickr account, let’s see if this is also possible with my videos from my Iphone…

By: Daan Jansonius

Daan Jansonius — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:13:32 +0000

I reckon they implemented the limits so they could test the waters without overcommitting themselves. If it turns out to be a success they’ll up the ante.

From my experience Flickr has a much more active community than Youtube, which makes it relatively easy for people who already use Flickr to switch sides.