Pixiq

With all of the news of Yahoo! Executives making quick exits including Flickr founders Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield I pondered (along with many others) the future of Flickr itself. Would Yahoo! continue to keep Flickr running or even possibly add something new (not much has been done with Flickr since the aquisition of Yahoo!)?

So I posed the question to the Your Photo Tips Flickr Group “Where would you go?”

With the problems that arise from Yahoo! execs fleeing the company lately it brings to mind lot’s of questions regarding the state of Flickr. While my gut tells me that Flickr will still be here, I have to ask, where would you go if Yahoo! dropped the ball on Flickr?

Initially I thought the discussion would center around SmugMug, Photobucket, and others, and it did to some extent. I just assumed people would be choosing their favorite alternatives but what I found interested me even further. It seems that a few people would actually start their own photoblog to share their images!

the_wolf_brigade stated:

I think I’d start a proper photoblog. I stopped before because I use flickr instead and got sick of doubling up.

Which is completely understandable as that certainly has affected the inconsistency of my own photoblog.

So is Flickr a blog killer?

Photograph You hold a special place in my heart by henrikj