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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Jan 7, 2006, at 12:43 AM, matusiak wrote:

> Curious minds want to know "Why should I have a flickr account?"

I've thought about this, and at a basic level people join flickr  
because other people are on Flickr.  Just about every major  
photoblogger I know if, and even pro photographers, are now joining  
Flickr.  Its strangely popular.

My best guess why is its a popularity contest of sorts.  It manages  
who's watching your photos, and the photographers you want to watch,  
as well as "groups" with their own photostream and commentary.   With  
individual photoblogs I have to use an RSS stream to watch and see  
when new photos are posted, and there's no groups except for  
individual forums.  Flickr puts everything you want to do in talking  
about pictures and cameras in one place.

Still, when my photography gets good enough I'll move to http:// 
www.photo.net which attracts serious photographers:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?include=top&user_id=774124

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