https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f en-us 2023-03-01 13:52:07 UTC 2025-11-27 23:24:47 UTC hello@padlet.com cresop12 https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499636691 Early versions of Flickr focused on a chat room called FlickrLive, with real-time photo exchange capabilitie. The successive evolutions focused more on the uploading and filing back-end for individual users and the chat room was buried in the site map. It was eventually dropped as Flickr's back-end systems evolved away from Game Neverending's codebase.]]> 2023-03-01 14:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499636691 cresop12 https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499655665 Flickr engineering is based on the principles of rapid development, continuous deployment, and individual responsibility. Our small engineering team powers one of the largest photo-sharing platforms online. Everyone who joins the Flickr team drives us forward. The designers making accessible and beautiful products the world loves. Also the photographers and creators, geeks and makers, friends and Flickr Fam.]]> 2023-03-01 14:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499655665 cresop12 https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499670476 Flickr was launched on February 10, 2004 by Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake was a popular way for amateur and professional photographers to host high-resolution photos. ]]> 2023-03-01 14:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499670476 cresop12 https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499682942 acquired Ludicorp and Flickr on March 20, 2005. The acquisition reportedly cost $22 million to $25 million. On May 3, 2007, Yahoo! announced that YPhotos would close down on September 20, 2007, after which all photos would be deleted; users were encouraged to migrate to Flickr. On January 31, 2007, Flickr announced that "Old Skool" members (those who had joined before the Yahoo! acquisition) would be required to associate their account with a Yahoo! identity by March 15, 2007 to continue using the service.This move was criticized by some users.]]> 2023-03-01 15:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499682942 cresop12 https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499696026 Flickr receives advertising revenue, of course, from free accounts. They also probably get a small cut of the Flickr/Getty stock photography sales as well as minor revenue from things that they do like the Corporate account thing ]]> 2023-03-01 15:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499696026 cresop12 https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499705629 Flicker is used intentionally by developers on low-end systems to create the illusion of more objects or colors/shades than are actually possible on the system, or as a speedy way of simulating transparency.]]> 2023-03-01 15:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cresop12/dy831b3gh9fdwb8f/wish/2499705629