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Screenshot Accounts 'Delisted' on Flickr

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the screenshots-more-real-than-photos-for-some dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Flickr and Second Life fans seem to have collided head-on over a little known policy on Flickr that 'delists' an account from public areas, including search, when more than half of your content is non-photographic in nature. Flickr stated that most people searching the site are looking for photographic content so the restriction is in place merely to keep the site focused on its original intent. From the article: 'As a result, many screenshots on Flickr are AWOL — at least as far as the general public is concerned. That's angering and confusing some of the people who carefully stage scenes in the popular virtual world and religiously post the results online.'"

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  1. posted one minute ago and already dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    and now flickr is down.
    thanks slashdot.

  2. Flickr Sucks by Frozen+Void · · Score: 0, Troll

    I never bother visitng such lame web 2.0 sites.Plus there alot of hosts who allow any images to be uploaded.

  3. This is a travesty- If only John Kerry were pres.. by elmerf9001 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Blame them neocons for doing this. If only John Kerry were president this would have never happened. he would have immediately brought this before the UN and sanctions would have been forthcoming. I refused to take the Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker off my truck.

  4. yawn by contrapuntalmindset · · Score: 0, Troll

    who cares? Just use a different site!

  5. Re:My Rights Online?!! by vertinox · · Score: 0, Troll

    Censorship by a private company is still censorship.

    If tomorrow, you only had one ISP you could choose from they said they are blocking Slashdot because its bad for their business... Would you claim that violates your rights? (somehow)

    If our 1st amendment rights are violated by proxy by private groups it is still a violation if we have no alternatives.

    I know some people would disagreee, but the truth of the matter is that these things violate the spirit of the bill of rights. Had the founding fathers (especially Jefferson) had enough foresight to realize that multi-national corporations were as powerful (if not more powerful) than national governments they might have included a clause implicitly states this fact.

    You do have to remember that corporations didn't really exist as they are with rights as persons until the 1890s.

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  6. Re:Makes Sense by alfs+boner · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fuck off. Flickr has made it clear it doesn't want you, and I can see why.

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    Listen p*ssy. I'm sure your the same homo that posted earlier about alf's boner and you just want to remain anonymous fo