Flickr users freak out over Microsoft-Yahoo! deal
- February 3rd, 2008
- 5 Comments
Me either
Didn’t people complain when Yahoo! bought Flickr in 2005? These same folks are at it again, claiming the sale of Yahoo! to Microsoft will destroy their favorite photo sharing service. Some users are apparently at odds with Microsoft’s online ethos as it were—trying to come up with a service to mach another, already existing service. See Windows Live QnA and Yahoo! Answers. (TechCrunch predicted which Yahoo! services would be replaced by Microsoft ones.)
“Microsoft is not a customer oriented company, they’re an enterprise company,” said one terrified users.
You know what? Don’t use the service if you’re so upset. No reason to scream bloody murder because you spell Microsoft “M$.” Wait and see before you complain like a child.
Flickr Rebellion Brews at Specter of M$ Acquisition [Compiler Wired]
rob (Who am I?)
8 months ago
dear nicholas,
if you saw someone approaching that looked threatening and had a gun, would you freak out, or would you wait to see if he shot you?
2playedout (Who am I?)
8 months ago
Dear Rob,
Are you comparing a photo website to a potential homicide? Over-reacted much?
BTW, that fish pic is awesome!
Shirley (Who am I?)
8 months ago
I’ve been using Flickr way before Yahoo bought it. When the deal was announced, I was actually excited because I had faith in Yahoo. But this time it’s different because the buyer is Microsoft. Microsoft doesn’t know shxt about running social networks (or whatever you call them), they fail every time they tried. If M$ buys Yahoo they WILL destroy their properties, including Flickr, by making them dull, annoying and full of bugs, just like their OS.
DavidC (Who am I?)
8 months ago
Tons of other photo sharing sites out there - some with no adds.
Curt Monash (Who am I?)
8 months ago
It’s a merger, not a wipe-out. The possibilities are exciting. The crying is ridiculous.
http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/02/03/microsoft-yahoo-synergies/
CAM