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Yahoo! Photos to Shut Down

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the flickred-out dept.

prostoalex writes "Yahoo has finally made a decision regarding Yahoo! Photos vs. Flickr battle, and will be shutting down Yahoo! Photos by the fall of this year. Even though Yahoo! Photos currently maintains a higher share of Internet visits, Flickr growth convinced the company to maintain a single photo site from now on. Says USA Today: 'Stewart Butterfield, who co-founded Flickr in 2004 with wife Caterina Fake, says the move is a "validation" of the central idea of Flickr: that photos in the digital age are very different from a physical print. "We saw it as a means of communication and connecting with people," says Butterfield, Flickr's general manager. "People can take a picture and get immediate feedback from all over the world, and you can't do that with a printed photo."'"

3 of 71 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Was wondering by Ilgaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    They say (can't paste, text picture in gif!) that my photos will be automatically converted to flickr.

    Lets hope Flickr doesn't have "karma" thing, my precious(!) yahoo photos are generally funny looking stuff I got from mail attachments. :)

  2. Re:Let's hope they'll get to keep Flickr then... by kestasjk · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's a "Yahoo"? Is that like a "Fax" or "Cassette" or something?

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  3. Re:But... by maxume · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you collect your tears from when a giant corporation harms you, you can use them to bring a puppy back to life.

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