I’ve been a Flickr user since the beginning (I’m talking about the Game Neverending days). I had a paid account before they called them pro accounts. I loved Flickr and even after Yahoo! bought them in 2005 it was still the place I put all of my photos to share them with family and friends.

But Flickr hasn’t changed in years and it feels like an ignored product. None of my friends use Flickr anymore and the community is dying. That left me with a decision to make and as I mentioned the other night, I ended up moving all of my Flickr photos to Facebook.

It’s not ideal – Facebook’s albums and photo viewing isn’t the best. But Facebook isn’t primarily about photos as Flickr is. I considered 500px as an alternative (another Canadian photo startup), but I’m no pro photographer and the community feels very much skewed to that demographic.

It came down to this: my friends are on Facebook, so it makes sense for my photos to be there as well.

After I moved my photos, I deleted my Flickr account. Sorry Flickr. It was fun, but you just weren’t working on the relationship the way I needed you to. Something tells me that no one at Yahoo! or Flickr even cares. Sad.

Related articles

• It’s Time to Move Out of Flickr (aisjournal.com)
• The Slow Death of Flickr (cc-chapman.com)