MetaFilter posts tagged with Yahoo and flickr

Flickr founders leaving Yahoo

timeistight — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:23:13 -0800

Please turn off the lights. The founders of flickr are joining the executives leaving Yahoo. Caterine Fake left Friday; Stewart Butterfield will leave July 12th.

Web 2.1?

felix betachat — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:19:42 -0800

Flickr pulls the trigger on the Old Skool. The Old Skool takes the bullet badly.

Flickr Fans to Yahoo: Flick Off!

webmeta — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 06:01:21 -0800

Flickr Fans to Yahoo: Flick Off! (by Wired News). "A splinter faction of Flickr photo-sharing community members is threatening a symbolic "mass suicide" to protest closer integration with the website's new owner, Yahoo." Welcome to the Flickr Accounts Mass Suicide Countdown group - Flick Off.

There's rumors on the Internets

keswick — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 13:31:01 -0800

...The rumors are true. Yahoo has made a definitive agreement to acquire Flickr & Ludicorp. What does this mean? Well, Flickr will continue to be a seperate entity, but Yahoo! Photos will be getting those shiny Flickr geegaws. AND "Pro account holders will get super mega bonuses, to be announced soon." (i can't wait!) The Flickr community's reactions seem positive.