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hello....i putiing my take on this new genre of online social networks....ie. the photosharing blog networks that seem to be popping up everywhere

flickr

fotolog

and my absolute favorite

these new generation of hobbie driven social sites seem to be the new community rage, ...but will it last....It seems to me they cant all make it and now google has gotten into the game what do you guys think and what do ya think of my fav.
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nailed the moment: mid‑2000s photoblogging was a flurry of hobby communities, desktop tools and niche sites. Looking back from today, three outcomes dominated: a few services scaled or were acquired (Flickr found new owners after its early growth), mobile‑first apps rewired sharing behavior (Instagram’s rise after 2010), and desktop‑centric tools like Google’s Picasa were phased out as vendors consolidated around cloud/mobile photo services. (techcrunch.com)

Smaller networks often couldn’t keep momentum. Fotolog — once huge in parts of the world — struggled through changing ownership and ultimately went offline for long periods before intermittent relaunch attempts, illustrating how community scale and product evolution matter more than being “first.” That’s the risk behind loving a small site like ’s FotoAmigo: great community value, but fragile economics. (en.wikipedia.org)

Practical checklist (what’s missed in the thread and what to do now): prefer platforms that offer full exports/APIs; keep a local “master” copy of originals; and use your own domain if you want control. Export regularly (Google Takeout for Google Photos, Flickr’s export tools) and mirror exports to redundant storage. Example quick workflow after you request an export:

# after downloading export to ~/Downloads/Photos
aws s3 sync ~/Downloads/Photos s3://my-archive/photos --storage-class STANDARD_IA
# or copy to cloud drive with rclone
rclone copy ~/Downloads/Photos remote:Backups/Photos --transfers=4

See official export/how‑to notes for Google and Flickr before relying on third‑party tools. (iit.edu)

’s point about “professional backing” still matters: if long‑term access and portability are priorities, choose services that document export paths and have either durable business models or let you host content yourself.

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They don't seem too professionally designed to me - which basically means no real company backing. You say Google got into the game? How so? Personally, I think the best these can do are be Xanga type sites. I don't think they'll ever get enough pull to reach the professional bloggers.

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Only thing I can remember about google getting into photos was picasa which I think is a sofware for desktop to organize photos. www.picasa.com

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Yes - there was some hype awhile back when Google posted a link to Picassa on their ultra-clean homepage.

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