Flickr is dead...(relax, don´t do it!)

I think people from Berlin, Cologne, or other places have the same experiences, cause whole, small and very closely connected communities have moved away from flickr.

But still, that's nothing, I think, the usual flickr user will notice anyhow. Groups are coming, growing and then they disappear after some time. Many groups I joined last year when I was new at flickr are now almost dead now. Mostly, I guess, new, very similar groups are founded and the crowed is moving to them, just because they're new.

Look for example at the popular comment groups. The first generation (something like global village) is almost dead, even some of the second generation (tornado award and others), are nearly dead. The crowed has moved to something like 'heart award' now.

It's the usual way things are going in the web, continuity and tradition are measured in months, not years or even decades...

...but the city-groups had a strong community before that disasters has happen. I´m not sad about the death of the many award-groups. I like to organize some nice events. But without active members it is not worth the lost energy. ;-)

That was only an example. I think the mechanism is rather similar for different type of groups. There're only very few groups on flickr with a constantly high level of activity over years.

...what a sad truth :-(

But not a real important thing ;-)

hei ihr heulsusen, hier sind doch einige Hamburger! Falls ihr zu wenig Leute seid, könnte man ja mal über sowas wie einen Nord-Gipfel nachdenken?! Die Kieler Iper/flickr gruppe sind so ca. 10 Leute.

Dann schon eher "Norddeutschland" als Gruppe. ;)

Ich finde die Städtegruppen schon ganz nett. Übergreifende Dinge kann man in der Germany-Gruppe posten.

Bitte...*schnief*...nenn mich nicht eine *rotz* Heulsuse...das *schluchz* tut doch weh ;-)

*Taschentuchreich* ;-)

Ich werde Flickr auch weiterhin treu bleiben!

...tue ich ja auch noch. Aber es ist schon erschreckend, wie schnell da die Luft raus war. Flickr loves you ;-)

Ich nich!

Mist...wo ist denn jetzt der "Dagegen-Button"...ich kann ihn nicht finden ;-)

Flickr is dead and we don't care!

In our city group activity started to change before switching from flickr even. Because a few (now) good friends met which didn't need the community everytime to organize meetings, etc. Flickr was the place we met, but real life got more important later again ;)

Actually I think this might have happened in any community. The good thing is, that the community is less important now for the local people, even though many of the active people moved to ipernity completely (but not all, sigh).

How to run a happy-group (from the flickr-faq):

If you are the administrator of a group, here are some pointers for creating a thriving community:

1. Invite your friends and anyone you know who is interested in what you are interested in. Having group members is the first step in having a successful group! Most of this friends have new homes and are less active than before this C-thing

2. Visit the group frequently. Groups thrive with daily discussion, and with daily responses from other members of the community, in chat and on the discussion boards. dead! dead! dead!

3. Moderate, moderate, moderate! Successful groups are kept in check by good moderation. Tend that garden; pull the weeds, mow the lawn, prune the roses, etc. To help you moderate your group, you can enlist other members to become moderators. Moderators don't have full administrative power, but they can help you moderate photos, keep tabs on discussions, and weed out the people who don't play by the rules. Hmmm...should I waste my time again and open a group-blog, start some contests and events, write comments as groupadmin to honor good photos in the pool etc. until this C-thing will happen again? Should I do it like the arrogant flickr-staff in future?

who the fuck is flickr?