Members Of Yahoo’s Flicker Upset And Threatening Symbolic “Mass Profile Suicide” In a protest against Yahoo’s closer integration of Flickr a group of users is threatening a symbolic “mass profile suicide.” The irritation stems from a new requirement to tie their member profiles with Yahoo accounts, some Flickrites say they plan to kill off their identities before they can be moved into the new family next year.
At stake is a new user-profile stipulation that reads: “We will be migrating all independent Flickr accounts to Yahoo’s network in 2006. At that time, if you have not done so already, you will be asked to create a Yahoo ID (or link your account to your Yahoo ID if you already have one) in order to continue using your account.”
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“This comes after many of us have invested so much time and effort; it makes it a chore to do anything except bend over, grab our ankles and smile,” said Dana Smith, a San Francisco, Calif.-based Flick Off supporter whose photographs rank among Flickr’s most interesting material.
“If Flickr was honestly concerned about anything besides bank account size, then there would be zero point or purpose to force us into an account we did not originally agree to,” Smith said.
Launched in 2002, Flickr has grown along with digital camera sales and has helped popularize tagging. Named “Breakout of the Year” at the 2005 Webby Awards, the community now numbers 37 million photos and 1.2 million members, many of whom are considered to be among the Web’s most creative image makers.
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