What Is The Advantage Of Flickr?

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Image sharing provides value to health communication activities

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What is Flickr and how does it work?

Flickr is

a photo-sharing platform and social network where users upload photos for others to see

. Users create a free account and upload their own photos (and videos) to share with friends and followers online.

What are the benefits of the Flickr?

  • Unlimited Storage. …
  • Ad-Free Browsing. …
  • Advanced Stats. …
  • Partner Discounts. …
  • Stats on your photo views.
  • Ad-free browsing and sharing on Flickr.
  • Desktop Uploadr for automatically backing-up images.
  • Ability to use specific commercial activity to promote your business and products.

Is Instagram better than Flickr?

Flickr will allow you to email people directly, whereas Instagram won’t.

There is also a much better activity panel on Flickr than Instagram

, so you can easily see who has commented and on what photo. You can also see photos from your favourite people or groups more easily. Even the comment system on Flickr is better.

What is the purpose of Flickr website?

Flickris a

popular photo-sharing and hosting service with advanced and powerful features

. It supports an active and engaged community where people share and explore each other’s photos. You can share and host hundreds of your own pictures on Flickr without paying a dime.

What are the disadvantages of Flickr?

Disadvantages of Flickr


If a Flickr user wants to display a large amount of photos they have to upgrade their package which does require a small fee

. Uploading of videos on Flickr is only for paying members.

Is it worth paying for Flickr Pro?

So if you want to use Flickr as an inexpensive online backup for your photo, then the Pro account is the way to go. It’s also

great for being able to access your photos

from anywhere, any time, and you know they are safe in the event your computer is damaged, lost or stolen.

Can I see who viewed my Flickr photos?


You can’t

. It wouldn’t be an accurate feature either, as individuals that aren’t even logged in to Flickr can view your public photos. This thread was closed automatically due to a lack of responses over the last month.

Who can see my Flickr photos?

  • Once in your Camera Roll, tap Select.
  • Tap a photo, or multiple photos to update the privacy.
  • Tap the Privacy icon in the bottom right hand corner.
  • Select your preferred privacy status.

Does Flickr own your photos?

According to Flickr’s terms and conditions page, even after uploading photos to the site,

the user retains all intellectual property rights to their content

, including the copyright on their photos and videos. … You can, however, set your preferences so that some or all of your Flickr photos can be used by anyone.

Does anyone still use Flickr?

Flickr, the photo storage website that had, at its peak, close to 90 million users, is disintegrating, and it’s taking 15 years of internet history with it. … Now,

free Flickr accounts are

, if anything, one extra filing cabinet.

What is the best alternative to Flickr?

  1. 500px. Like Flickr, 500px offers a free and a paid service. …
  2. Imgur. Imgur is most closely associated with image-based content on Reddit. …
  3. DeviantArt. …
  4. Google Photos. …
  5. 5. Facebook. …
  6. Amazon Photos. …
  7. Instagram. …
  8. Photobucket.

What’s better Flickr or 500px?

In sum, if you want to display an assortment of the very best of your work,

500px

is what you’re looking for. … The ‘Market’ service on 500px is your best choice if you wish to sell your photography. If you’re looking to share your complete photography portfolio and organise it, Flickr is your best bet.

Is Flickr safe?


Viewing photos themselves is pretty safe

, as long as they’re on Flickr (Flickr has its own virus-scanning for image files, I’m sure.) but any links to anyplace outside of Flickr, or links that people SAY are to view images, are very dangerous, if you don’t know who the person is giving you the link.

How does Flickr make money?

Flickr also

receives advertising revenue

, of course, from free accounts. They also probably get a small cut of the Flickr/Getty stock photography sales as well as minor revenue from things that they do like the Corporate account thing (for companies like Starbucks and McDonalds, Snapfish photo printing, etc.).

What type of social media is Flickr?

, based company founded by Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake. It emerged out of tools originally created for Ludicorp’s Game Neverending, a web-based massively multiplayer online game.

Charlene Dyck
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Charlene Dyck
Charlene is a software developer and technology expert with a degree in computer science. She has worked for major tech companies and has a keen understanding of how computers and electronics work. Sarah is also an advocate for digital privacy and security.