Flickr question

Biro

Might be a silly question, but why is Flickr the chosen site of enthusiasts to upload their pics to as opposed to any other site? What are the pro's and con's?

jackdaw

I'd imagine because there's no adverts, it's fast, reliable ..
and a pro account is excellent value ..

AnimalRights

I don't use it but I'd imagine it's also to do with it being the most famous and hence companies and the like looking for that "ideal" photograph for their product, scouring it and plucking out which could be your lucky photo and getting paid for it and your ego rising!
Oh it also gives out exif information.
Personally I find it a very unattractive layout and slow.

Marcus

AnimalRights wrote: »

Oh it also gives out exif information.

LOL!

challengemaster

AnimalRights wrote: »

Personally I find it a very unattractive layout and slow.

Personally I find it about 100 times faster/better than pix.ie!

Ricky91t

Its fairly plain allright i do rather pix layouts but speed wise i find no difference

Paulw

Pix.ie is a good site and is being used more and more. I've nothing against it at all, but personally, I've few images on it.

Flickr gives a bit more international flavour and exposure. It has many useful add-ons, such as moo, and bighugelabs.

Both great sites for hosting your photos.

I just happen to prefer flickr. :cool:

AnimalRights

iampixie wrote: »

LOL!

I get fed up reminding you in your thread so the odd sly dig elsewhere will always happen.

AnimalRights

challengemaster wrote: »

Personally I find it about 100 times faster/better than pix.ie!

There is absolutely no way it is faster, I've just gone to your site and then to a pix.ie site and when browsing photographs in an album the flickr album is most def slower.
I mean you have a Motohead called Emyln Hughes!!!

elven

For me at the moment I find flickr handier for things like guest passes to private sets, and tbh I suppose i'm just used to the interfaces - I use the upload by email thingy quite often. I do think the layout and navigation are quite good too, no ads, and tons of space if you need it. I use 'on black' from fd's flickr toys now and again too.

Ricky91t

AnimalRights wrote: »

There is absolutely no way it is faster, I've just gone to your site and then to a pix.ie site and when browsing photographs in an album the flickr album is most def slower.
I mean you have a Motohead called Emyln Hughes!!!

Someone wants mod status on pixie :rolleyes:

challengemaster

AnimalRights wrote: »

There is absolutely no way it is faster, I've just gone to your site and then to a pix.ie site and when browsing photographs in an album the flickr album is most def slower.
I mean you have a Motohead called Emyln Hughes!!!

Well.. I find pix slower tbh. It's a good site in all fairness

Lol@that

AnimalRights

ricky91t wrote: »

Someone wants mod status on pixie :rolleyes:

Theres no such thing as mod status.

Ricky91t

AnimalRights wrote: »

Theres no such thing as mod status.

you never know :pac:
fine so administrative rights