Is Something Happening in Flickrtown?
Over the past few days, I’ve received several Friendster-Orkut-LinkedIn-Tribesque invitations to become peoples’ contact in Flickr. I don’t mind, as I am indeed their friends or acquaintances in real life, but what’s behind this surge of activity? Did Flickr just roll out some new aspect of their technology? Have they been running a big PR campaign recently? What gives?
I feel kind of sheepish accepting peoples’ invitations to become Flickr contacts, because I don’t really use the service. It’s nifty and all, but I’ve yet to be convinced that the best place for my online photos isn’t on my own site. I uploaded a few photos and completed a profile, but haven’t really made much use of it.
