Videos coming to Flickr?
According to Techcrunch, a video upload function (YouTube) will be integrated soon.
But rumors are flying that Yahoo intends to integrate video into Flickr very soon, perhaps in the next three weeks. Part of the delay may have been a long internal debate about how to make Flickr Video special and distinct from what YouTube already offers. They apparently have come to some product decisions, and will be making an announcement soon.
I find this to be okay.
I use Flickr a lot, and to be able to combine videos and pictures on one site will make it easier for me.
However, if you take a look at some of the comments, a lot of people are against it.
And, not without good reasons.
Some of the malcontent:
I care about my photos on flickr. When they get swamped under a flood of you-tube style crapotainment, I will take them elsewhere.
If Flickr is for Photos then it should better stick to it. They can add tons of more Photo features, Research and Develop new ideas around Photos. But why add Videos ? It does not make any sense. Again, this is because Flickr wants to eat some more traffic.
I just hope that video will not eat up Flickr’s bandwidth!
Thing is, noone (on the outside at least) knows how it will be implemented. If they bring the same service (speed, ease of use, …) with the video implementation they will do a pretty good job.
Exciting times for us PRO users!
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