1. FLICKR Connecting
Photos/Videos
with Users

2. WHAT IS IT USED FOR?
Photo hosting & Video hosting
Can later be embedded into blogs and other
social media
Connect users to various categories of images
and videos
Ex. Travel photography, food photography, etc.
 Via Tags
 Via the Explore tab
 Groups

3. PHOTO BLOGGING?
• Can Flickr be considered a social media blog?

4. TAGS

5. ACCOUNTS : FREE ACCOUNT
300 MB of upload-able storage per
month
If inactive for 90 consecutive days:
Account is subject to deletion
Can not access original files
Can contribute in up to 10 group
pools

6. GROUP POOLS?!

7. ACCOUNTS: PRO ACCOUNT
 Upload an unlimited
number of images and
videos each month
 Unlimited bandwidth and
storage.
 Photos can be placed in
up to 60 different group
pools.
 Ad-free browsing
 Access to account
statistics
 Original files accessible

8. HOW FLICKR APPLIES TO THIS CLASS:
PRIVACY
 How to change your privacy settings
• What kind of images are you most likely to upload?

9. CONTROVERSY
Flickr reserves the right to delete any account
without reason
In June 2007 Germany, Korea, Singapore, and
China were no longer allowed to view images
set by users as Moderate or Restrcted.
Can this be consider a form of censorship?
On websites such as these, how reasonable is
it to have someone regulate content?

10. HOW FLICKR APPLIES TO THIS CLASS:
LICENSING
Attribution
Attribution No Derivatives
 Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
Attribution No Commercial Share Alike
Attribution Share Alike

11. FLICKR: ACCESSIBILIT Y
Plenty of cell phone applications for
iPhone, and Android Market
Upload photos via E-mail
Desktop Uploader
Connect to your other social media:
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Tumblr
 Blogger
 LiveJournal
 Wordpress

12. SOURCES
• Flickr: Creative Commons
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
• Flickr censorship controversy: German users
blocked from “unsafe” content
http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/2007/06/14/flickr-censorship-
controversy-german-users-blocked-from-unsafe-content/
• Flickr Photo Privacy Settings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXt41Qq_X_I

13. CREATIVE COMMONS
 All images in this presentation
are protected by a creative
commons license
 Attribution, Non-Commercial,
No Derivatives
 Forward all inquiries to Tim
Franklin Photography

14. THE
END
Any
Questions?