The problem with Flickr
Another of my 28 Things was to start using the account I opened with Flickr a while back.
As an experiment a few days ago, I uploaded a batch of photos from a couple of my North Pole expeditions. Within hours, comments appeared, the page views shot through the roof and I had dozens of messages saying people had added me to their contacts.
The problem with Flickr is that it's just too good. There are so many gorgeous photos that you could lose days browsing through, and it's a devastatingly effective medium for social networking (neither of which I really have much free time for).
I've taken the photos down again for now – I'm slightly concerned about people nicking expedition photos that I've nearly lost digits trying to take, but the main reason was that checking in on who was looking at my photos (and what they were saying about them) was so compelling that I could see it was going to take up a lot of time…
I know a lot of you use Flickr – are you all insatiable junkies, or did the initial excitement wane after a while?
— Filed under Miscellany