Flickr is a great photography platform I see a lot of potential in it. Honestly, I still have no idea, but I hope they are successful. I’ve also been using SmugMug for years for the business and website side of my photography. Since SmugMug acquired Flickr last year, I’ve been wondering where the platform is going. In my opinion, that completely defeats the purpose of these communities to begin with. I worry that many (or most) Flickr groups have just become dumping grounds for everyone uploading photos in an attempt to get more views. I’d like to see increased usage in Flickr in general, and that will require an engaged community. My goal is to make all of these groups active and engaging communities over the next year. I think the person that started it didn’t want to do it anymore and passed it off to me since I was a frequent poster. I didn’t start this group, but one day I was suddenly listed as an admin. Like any of my groups, I want posts to be informative, so I’m unlikely to take down general astronomy posts as long as they have good descriptions. Although I state the rules are a bit more relaxed, it started becoming a bit of a dumping ground for anything astronomy-related, so I started removing posts. The Spaceweather Group is dedicated to aurora, noctilucent clouds, the Sun, spacecraft, and other things you may think of.
Support on Patreon or PayPal.Me/lwpetersen You can help support me and this website! As soon as I see some growth in these groups, I’ll start posting some related discussions. But first, I have just created two brand new groups that I’d be eager to get people to join. Over the years, I’ve ended up administering a few groups, and I’m finally going to share them here. Even if you aren’t using Flickr for sharing, that allows for back-up of all your photos for less than $5/month. The paid plan is unlimited and ad-free for $49.99/year. The free plan is limited to 1,000 photos, but for most people, that’s a lot. It’s a great photo-sharing platform, with free or paid plans available.
If you aren’t familiar with Flickr, I encourage you to check it out. I also wanted to express a few thoughts on how I feel about Flickr and social media sharing in general. I wanted to write this article because I have created a couple of new Flickr groups I wanted to share. After all that time, Flickr is still there and still displaying uncompressed versions of my photos. I’ve certainly waxed and waned in my usage of the photo-sharing platform over the last 11 years, but frankly, that’s where I first started sharing photos online.
The past few months, I’ve been re-vamping my presence on Flickr. I earn commissions at no additional cost to you if you purchase using the affiliate links provided below.
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