Flickr, continued

So, after one day of this Flickr madness, what did happen all day? Steward Butterfield of Flickr answered. And didn't say much. But he said enough - that they can't discuss the whole thing in public at the moment. It's not enough for the mob, even though the team is working very late at night to resolve the issue. It's quite obvious to me what is happening there - some lawyer at Yahoo Germany doesn't have a lot of balls and decided that safe is better than sorry. This is, by the way, a thinking that is spreading too much and too fast in the German public, but that's a different topic altogether. And now I do feel quite bad for Flickr staff - they are trapped between a rock (the Yahoo lawyers) and a hard place. (the enraged Flickr users) Talking about enraged users - the blogs are buzzing with anti-Flickr posts and requests for alternative photo hosting companies. How about me? Well. I'm still waiting for whatever end will come out of this. I'm very disappointed by Flickr - they used to be my "feel good" place on the internet. Flickr gave me my interest in photography, connected me to many great people from all over the world and gave me an "online home." And it would be a big step and a big loss to leave all this behind. The talent, the vibrant community, the wonderful and amazing pictures there. I have big doubts indeed that I could part with that. This personal angle is even stronger in some. [last link via alltagskakophonie] And others? Sadly I have to say that certain individuals in the help forum and certain groups act very retarded - so much in fact, that I actually think that maybe it is a good idea to censor them...