I don't see anything in that incredibly tl/dr; article that suggests another site that's competing in the space where Flickr provides me value--as a hobbyist photographer, where else are people hosting their portfolios?
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§ ita § - May 15, 2012 4:12:41 pm PDT #20057 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom Scola - May 15, 2012 4:14:26 pm PDT #20058 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
500px.
§ ita § - May 15, 2012 4:18:30 pm PDT #20059 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not actually looking for a competitor--I'm perfectly happy with flickr. It just seemed to me that the sweet spot that most of the people I know use flickr for was not even touched on in the article. Is it really that much about social networking that not-professional photo portfolios sites don't even get a mention? Because Facebook or Instagram are all they mention that I saw.
I searched for 500px and it wasn't anywhere before the comments, at the least.
Liese S. - May 15, 2012 4:23:31 pm PDT #20060 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, what they're talking about is not how I use flickr at all, nor would I have been happy if it ended up that way. I also don't feel like it's a wasteland. The users I'm interacting with are still actively posting photos.
§ ita § - May 15, 2012 4:33:25 pm PDT #20061 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
nor would I have been happy if it ended up that way
When they added the identity tagging I was a bit surprised, and then started to fervently hope no one would be tagging me in anything. That is not what I want from them. No, no.
meara - May 15, 2012 8:26:15 pm PDT #20062 of 25501
Can I just bitch for a moment that this hotel is supposed to have good wifi and I planned to chill in the nice suite tomorrow and work, but no. Their wifi is shitty and I can only use my phone cell signal and not wifi (and therefore not my iPad either). Dammit.
Zenkitty - May 15, 2012 9:57:17 pm PDT #20063 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
meara, I have found that to be true of every hotel I've ever stayed in. In-room internet, wired or wireless, is always clunky and slow.
Toddson - May 16, 2012 3:51:31 am PDT #20064 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
java, thanks for the offer, but I did a character estimate and it wasn't enough; I doubled it and it still wasn't enough; tripled it and it still wasn't enough. I did the estimate by creating a Word file with dummy text and the appropriate number of words, got the character count, added about half. And, as I said, there didn't seem to be any setting that would provide enough. Either they're overwriting or there's a glitch in there.
javachik - May 16, 2012 7:49:25 am PDT #20065 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Hmmm, I did wonder about the overwriting! Silly people! Okay, but if you get stuck in the future, let me know. I've got special publishing tools for pdfs (Adobe and Word publishing are my specialty).
Toddson - May 16, 2012 8:36:43 am PDT #20066 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
huh ... how about I send you the rasenfrasen file - if you could take a look at it and tell me where I went wrong (or the program screwed up)? I'd really appreciate it.