What's up with Flickr?

[roadman65]

I see if you browse as a guest lately, a pop up windows appears asking you if you would like to support Flickr Pro or not.  Never did that before. 

It always displayed ads after every fourth photo on those pages where the owner isn't a member, but never a Wiki type pop up.

Are they desperate for money despite charging the poster already?

[formulanone]

I think I get asked to be Pro once or twice a year (I'm already Pro), probably because it doesn't always remember my login.

Sometimes it gets stupefied by accessing it through the browser instead of my app, and the handshake doesn't always connect the two (sometimes because I interrupt it from using the app), forcing a log-out.

It's not exactly the most up-to-date interface, being run more by enthusiasts after being flung out of the venture capital cycle.

[Chris]

I got a questionnaire with 28 questions on Flickr today, they seem to be surveying which pro features they can drop without upsetting too many paying users.

Web hosting cost is going up everywhere, so Flickr is not immune to this. The annual subscription fee is already substantially higher than a 4 or 5 years ago.

They also asked which things I wanted to get improved. I said they should implement two-factor authentication. With as many photos as paying customers have, it's better to at least offer improved security beyond just a password. With 2FA being prompted if you login from a new browser or location, or if you're going to mass-delete photos. This is an industry standard by now.

[hbelkins]

I got a questionnaire with 28 questions on Flickr today, they seem to be surveying which pro features they can drop without upsetting too many paying users.

Web hosting cost is going up everywhere, so Flickr is not immune to this. The annual subscription fee is already substantially higher than a 4 or 5 years ago.

They also asked which things I wanted to get improved. I said they should implement two-factor authentication. With as many photos as paying customers have, it's better to at least offer improved security beyond just a password. With 2FA being prompted if you login from a new browser or location, or if you're going to mass-delete photos. This is an industry standard by now.

2FA-- a minor thing that bothers me.

[Max Rockatansky]

Why would I want two factor authentication on photos?  My bank doesn't even require that when I login into my accounts.

[Chris]

I'd say because a stolen password doesn't result in someone being able to delete all of your photos. Data breaches are very common today, passwords alone are considered weak security.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'd say because a stolen password doesn't result in someone being able to delete all of your photos. Data breaches are very common today, passwords alone are considered weak security.

That exact scenario seems pretty unlikely to happen.  Besides, I do have everything saved on physical drives.  Those have actually failed me multiple times which instigated my signing up for Flickr in the first place.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

I got a questionnaire with 28 questions on Flickr today, they seem to be surveying which pro features they can drop without upsetting too many paying users.

Was this questionnaire sent to you, or was it part of their monthly "newsletter?"
Just curious as I hadn't seen this yet on my flickr account.

[Bruce]

I've gotten a few emails from them demanding I delete my excess photos, as I used the free plan right up until they disabled uploads. Not going to pay for Pro honestly, so now I've got to look at a mass export and a new platform.

Wish they would have kept free uploads for Creative Commons licensed photos, if only to allow more free images to circulate into the right spaces.

[kphoger]

How many people are out there getting hacked by people who delete all their photos?

[Max Rockatansky]

How many people are out there getting hacked by people who delete all their photos?

Or have the time to delete all of them.  I have about 140,000 photos on my account.  I don't think a mass deletion like that could be done super quick?  Even if there is a way I can think of way worse far things which are way more likely to happen to me.

[Chris]

Was this questionnaire sent to you, or was it part of their monthly "newsletter?"
Just curious as I hadn't seen this yet on my flickr account.

I got a pop-up when I opened Flickr.

They were asking questions about how much you approve or disapprove if they reduce video length, eliminate videos, maximum photo size, ads, stats, a limit of 1000 photos, etc.