On May 20th Flickr announced their new design as well as new account plans and storage options. As a long time Flickr Pro user, there are a few things I wanted to understand before making a decision about how I'll use Flickr in the future. Since I was finding it difficult to understand the changes, I created the following spreadsheet and asked the world to help me fill it in. (go crowd-sourcing!)
 
I had always used a Pro account because of the need for more than 300MB of storage, but now with a 1 TB available in the free account I (along with almost everyone I've heard from) will most likely switch to the new free account. Yes, there will be ads, but I live with them in Gmail, Facebook and other free services. What I don't like is that it appears the detailed analytics will be going away. I enjoyed being able to see which of my photos, sets and collections were being viewed, liked and commented on.

I am sure Flickr has been feeling the heat from competitors like 500px, Facebook/Instagram and Google+ Photos (Picasa) so I assume we'll see tight integration between Flickr and Yahoo's recently acquired Tumblr as an attempt to increase usage of Flickr.

Hint: scroll around the table, it is not all displayed in the initial view. If you'd like to edit the chart click here.

Business Research Themes

New C-Suite, Future of Work

Roles

Chief Customer Officer, Chief Marketing Officer