Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use it all the time for social media uploads Chris Williams www.dcdocumentaryphotographers.com www.zoeicaimages.net 504-231-6261 > On Dec 26, 2019, at 8:05 AM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: > > ?Flickr is a great thing. After reading this email, I joined Flickr Pro. > > > >> On 2019-12-20 10:48 am, scleroplex via LUG wrote: >> Dear Flickr Pros, >> First, and above all else: thank you. Thank you for being a part of >> our community. Thank you for caring about Flickr. Thank you for >> supporting Flickr. Thank you for being a Flickr Pro. >> Two years ago, Flickr was losing tens of millions of dollars a year. >> Our company, SmugMug, stepped in to rescue it from being shut down and >> to save tens of billions of your precious photos from being erased. >> Why? We?ve spent 17 years lovingly building our company into a >> thriving, family-owned and -operated business that cares deeply about >> photographers. SmugMug has always been the place for photographers to >> showcase their photography, and we?ve long admired how Flickr has been >> the community where they connect with each other. We couldn?t stand by >> and watch Flickr vanish. >> So we took a big risk, stepped in, and saved Flickr. Together, we >> created the world?s largest photographer-focused community: a place >> where photographers can stand out and fit in. >> And yet, Flickr?the world?s most-beloved, money-losing business?still >> needs your help. >> We?ve been hard at work improving Flickr. We hired an excellent, large >> staff of Support Heroes who now deliver support with an average >> customer satisfaction rating of above 90%. We got rid of Yahoo?s >> login. We moved the platform and every photo to Amazon Web Services >> (AWS), the industry leader in cloud computing, and modernized its >> technology along the way. As a result, pages are already 20% faster >> and photos load 30% more quickly. Platform outages, including Pandas, >> are way down. Flickr continues to get faster and more stable, and >> important new features are being built once again. >> Our work is never done, but we?ve made tremendous progress. >> Flickr still needs your help. It?s still losing money. You, and >> hundreds of thousands of loyal Flickr members stepped up and joined >> Flickr Pro, for which we are eternally grateful. It?s losing a lot >> less money than it was. But it?s not yet making enough. >> We need more Flickr Pro members if we want to keep the Flickr dream >> alive, and we need your help to share the story of Flickr. >> We didn?t buy Flickr because we thought it was a cash cow. Unlike >> platforms like Facebook, we also didn?t buy it to invade your privacy >> and sell your data. We bought it because we love photographers, we >> love photography, and we believe Flickr deserves not only to live on >> but thrive. We think the world agrees; and we think the Flickr >> community does, too. But we cannot continue to operate it at a loss as >> we?ve been doing. >> Flickr is the world?s largest photographer-focused community. It?s the >> world?s best way to find great photography and connect with amazing >> photographers. Flickr hosts some of the world?s most iconic, most >> priceless photos, freely available to the entire world. This community >> is home to more than 100 million accounts and tens of billions of >> photos. It serves billions of photos every single day. It?s huge. It?s >> a priceless treasure for the whole world. And it costs money to >> operate. Lots of money. >> As you know, Flickr is the best value in photo sharing anywhere in the >> world. Flickr Pro members get ad-free browsing for themselves and >> their visitors, advanced stats, unlimited full-quality storage for all >> their photos, plus premium features and access to the world?s largest >> photographer-focused community. >> Please, help us spread the word. Help us make Flickr thrive. Help us >> ensure Flickr has a bright future. Every Flickr Pro subscription goes >> directly to keeping Flickr alive and creating great new experiences >> for photographers like you. We are building lots of great things for >> the Flickr community, but we need your help. We can do this together. >> We?re launching our end-of-year Pro subscription campaign on Thursday, >> December 26, but I want to give you a coupon code to share with >> friends, family, or anyone who shares your love of photography and >> community so they can enjoy the same 25% discount before the campaign >> starts. >> We?ve gone to great lengths to optimize Flickr for cost savings >> wherever possible, but the increasing cost of operating this enormous >> community and continuing to invest in its future will require a small >> price increase early in the new year, so this is truly the very best >> time to help everyone upgrade to a Pro membership. >> If you value Flickr finally being independent, built for photographers >> and by photographers, we need your help. >> With gratitude, >> Don MacAskill >> Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Geek >> SmugMug + Flickr >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information