As you probably know, Flickr introduced their video feature earlier this week. Unfortunately their effort is half-assed and only detracts from the site. They only allow videos of 90 seconds or less, which isn’t really useful. It’s obviously meant for the short videos you can take with many point-and-shoot cameras or cell phones, but there are plenty of other sites which do it much better.
Flickr can already be slow at times, and I’m afraid they won’t have the bandwidth to support video without making it even slower. They should keep doing what they excel at, which is being the best photo sharing site, and not try to do something where their effort is only mediocre.
There’s already a no video group and petitions. While most Flickr petitions have been pretty stupid, this is one I agree with.
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1 The Net is Dead // Apr 9, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Flickr adds video. I do like it!…
As of today, flickr has added video to the site. Not everyone seems to appreciate it. Being an old-school Flickr user I figured I’d write something about how I personally feel about Flickr’s latest feature.
Say No to Flickr Video
As you probably …