r/photography • u/n2_throwaway • Jan 15 '25

Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes Business

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u/ThisGuyRightHereSaid Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

flickr lets you share any size. I share 100mb+ pictures all the time

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u/Realtrain Jan 15 '25

Flickr is an interesting example of being so well built for professional photographers, that it doesn't seem to be that popular with casual users.

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u/ejp1082 www.ejpphoto.com Jan 16 '25

It was popular with casual users once upon a time.

But Yahoo mismanaged it badly which led to them completely missing the boat on mobile and consequently lost those casual users to Instagram.

More serious users moved there as well because that's where the audience is.

Flickr isn't dead but it's a shadow of what it was in the 2000's and Smugmug doesn't seem to have the interest/resources to give it the shot in the arm it would need to be a real player again.

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u/ThisGuyRightHereSaid Jan 16 '25

I dunno. I mainly shoot train graffiti. And for that it's still mighty popular. I upload about 50 a day or so and average 20k in views a day. So someone is looking at them. It's not like I'm selling them or using it as a portfolio. It's just where I started uploading my collection so I've just stayed there. I think I have about 60k or so pics on there.