Flickr

Image hosting service

Flickr is a photo-sharing website and social platform where users upload, organize, and share images.

Launched in 2004, it became one of the earliest large-scale online photo communities, known for hosting high-quality photography and offering substantial free storage.

I found some great vintage photos on Flickr.

community

groups

Collections of related things

faves · explore · interestingness · pool · members · followers · engagement · sharing · feedback · curators

platform

Yahoo

Nineties web services pioneer

sets · galleries · Creative Commons · API · embed · storage · hosting · account · pro · subscription

photography

tags

Identifiers for sorting items

  • EXIFPhoto file information standard
  • metadataDescriptive information about content
  • geotaggingEmbedding coordinates in media

resolution · camera · lens · exposure · aperture · ISO · lightbox · slideshow · thumbnails · originals

Categories
Opposites
photo platform philosophy

FlickrInstagram

Photo-sharing social platform

Snapchat · TikTok · walled gardens · Google Photos · YouTube

Phrases
Family

flicker

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G