Yahoo may sell Flickr

[rexbobcat]

I'm surprised Yahoo still exists in the first place.

 

[JacaRanda]

Flickr sucks now since whatshername took over...good riddance if it goes...

Hmmmm, maybe it would be cool if I had to start all over again. I have learned about 3 things since the first photo I posted.

I'm also lucky I don't know what it was before it sucked. No reference.

 

[LGreene]

Yahoo May Sell Flickr and Its Core Internet Business

Yahoo is reportedly considering a sale of its struggling core Internet business, in which the photo sharing service Flickr — acquired back in 2005 for around $25 million — is just a small piece of the pie.

Hmmm .... ok so they are not considering selling Flickr on its own.

 

[gckless]

I dunno, I like Flickr. There aren't that many ads if you have an account, and I just have a free account. Lots of storage, good discovery tools (Explore and all those, which is something Facebook cannot replace), and decent GUI. Maybe I just don't know it before it changed, but what free site hasn't added ads? I've been a member there since 2009-ish, and don't have a problem with where it's at.

 

[astroNikon]

I dunno, I like Flickr. There aren't that many ads if you have an account, and I just have a free account. Lots of storage, good discovery tools (Explore and all those, which is something Facebook cannot replace), and decent GUI. Maybe I just don't know it before it changed, but what free site hasn't added ads? I've been a member there since 2009-ish, and don't have a problem with where it's at.

The problem is Yahoo isn't making a profit from Flickr as a product.
So it's sucking revenue from it's ever decreasing revenue stream.
ie, why keep a revenue losing business. So Yahoo is looking at off-loading all of it's losing products.

Makes sense right?
try to sell it to someone that would still probably lose money even at a drastic reduced cost.
The problem is, it's value is based on it's 3-5 year revenue or more specifically profit, or theoretical profit.

 

[gckless]

I dunno, I like Flickr. There aren't that many ads if you have an account, and I just have a free account. Lots of storage, good discovery tools (Explore and all those, which is something Facebook cannot replace), and decent GUI. Maybe I just don't know it before it changed, but what free site hasn't added ads? I've been a member there since 2009-ish, and don't have a problem with where it's at.

The problem is Yahoo isn't making a profit from Flickr as a product.
So it's sucking revenue from it's ever decreasing revenue stream.
ie, why keep a revenue losing business. So Yahoo is looking at off-loading all of it's losing products.

Makes sense right?
try to sell it to someone that would still probably lose money even at a drastic reduced cost.
The problem is, it's value is based on it's 3-5 year revenue or more specifically profit, or theoretical profit.

Oh I mean I get the business side of things, I guess I was just writing a reply based on those that voiced a dislike for Flickr.

 

[Dave442]

Flickr could use some further improvement, but with things like they are at Yahoo they may not do anything and it could just disappear.

I still use it with the pro account and it does not show any ads to people that browse my photos. It does give a pop-up bugging for them to sign-up or sign-in, and it's a bit insistent if you don't sign-up or sign-in. But overall the interface is still pretty clean, focusing on the pictures.

I have used it to show people a slide show of an event. Took pictures at a friends graduation and then used the slide show in Flickr when we met up at a coffee shop about a week later to see the shots on their tablet.

I have it so it automatically uploads the jpg files in my Developed folder and those are usually in folders by event so those become new albums on Flickr. Right now I have over 8,000 photos that are private and just over 1400 that are public. The private photos are often in Albums where I send the link to the person and they can then see those.

 

[JacaRanda]

Flickr could use some further improvement, but with things like they are at Yahoo they may not do anything and it could just disappear.

I still use it with the pro account and it does not show any ads to people that browse my photos. It does give a pop-up bugging for them to sign-up or sign-in, and it's a bit insistent if you don't sign-up or sign-in. But overall the interface is still pretty clean, focusing on the pictures.

I have used it to show people a slide show of an event. Took pictures at a friends graduation and then used the slide show in Flickr when we met up at a coffee shop about a week later to see the shots on their tablet.

I have it so it automatically uploads the jpg files in my Developed folder and those are usually in folders by event so those become new albums on Flickr. Right now I have over 8,000 photos that are private and just over 1400 that are public. The private photos are often in Albums where I send the link to the person and they can then see those.

I agree. It works for me. Not sure what others expect or want from it.