Flickr
Born February 2004. Possessed 20 April 2018.
Flickr passed on 20 April 2018, though the body remains. Born in February 2004, it offered tags, groups, and the conviction that photos ought to be shared with metadata intact. At its peak it claimed tens of billions of photos. Yahoo acquired it in 2005. The company did not invest. Instagram arrived. Users left. Yahoo sold to Verizon. In April 2018 SmugMug acquired Flickr. The new owner promised to restore it. The body remains. Whether the soul returned is unclear. He is survived by the body, which still hosts photos; by SmugMug, which promised to care; and by the memory of a time when a photo could still have a home.
SmugMug has acquired Flickr. We're excited to bring our passion for photography to the Flickr community.
Acquired and neglected
Mourned by Those who shared photos before Instagram, photographers who built community, and anyone who remembers when a photo could still have metadata.
The body, which remains under new ownership; SmugMug, which acquired it; and the memory of seventy-five million users who waited for Yahoo to care.