I thought I`d try something new for one of my last posts, and from what I`ve read I don`t think anyone has wrote on this yet (but I could be wrong). I decided to check out flickr today. I know a few people who subscribe and have it, and it has worked out very well for them. Flickr is a form of participatory media, but a different genre or form of a social network; unlike twitter which focuses on status updates, Facebook on friend connections, YouTube on videos, Myspace on music... Flickr is about photography.
Flickr is a sight that anyone can subscribe to and create a simple profile by uploading your photography. This site is used for a variety of reasons, both professionally and personally. Some users use it for personal uses, upload and share family pictures so that other family members can view them and save them if they wish. It is also good for family who lives far away, it`s a place that they can go to catch up and see their new baby grand daughter or cousin and see what is new in their life. Others can use it for professional purposes; for instance if they are a professional photographer they can post pictures that they have taken to promote and get other prospective clients viewing their pictures. It is a good way for everyone with the common hobby of photography to join and connect together to post and view others photos. There is also the option to have contacts, these are the people that you are connected to such as Facebook`s friends and Twitter`s followers. These people and others can leave comments on your photography, and rate it to give you feedback and criticism to improve on your shots. It is a good way for everyone who has this hobby to communicate, get together and compete with their photography.
Like all other social networking sites, it is a form of participatory media. It is a place online where people with the same hobby and interests can interact and share photos with others. Though there are many benefits to these sites, there are negative aspects to it as well. One would include that there are people that can take your pictures and save them to their own personal computers. One way to protect your images online is to place copyright symbols and your name on your photos so that everyone is certain they belong to you. All in all this is a positive social networking site, for all people interested in photography to just view or even to post and get their photography out there.
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