Comments on: Is Facebook the king of photo sites? http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/ The official blog of Mack D. Male, an Edmonton blogger. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carl Hahn http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-197912 Carl Hahn Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:04:35 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-197912 All those big numbers sound great, but they do not mean everything. If it is quality, then the numbers will drop drastically. Just look at some of the photos people post of themselves. Can't even tell who they are. All those big numbers sound great, but they do not mean everything. If it is quality, then the numbers will drop drastically. Just look at some of the photos people post of themselves. Can’t even tell who they are.

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]]> By: steve caturan http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-118335 steve caturan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:15:36 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-118335 Most of my relatives use Facebook to share "some" snapshots of special occasions. But mainly, I've setup a network family sites to store/share photos - privately using Gallery, the open source web based photo album organizer. Most of my relatives use Facebook to share “some” snapshots of special occasions. But mainly, I’ve setup a network family sites to store/share photos – privately using Gallery, the open source web based photo album organizer.

]]> By: kyussmondo http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-23079 kyussmondo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:52:49 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-23079 I agree with Irian. The only thing I wish about Facebook photo is that they preserved some more of the quality. It is slightly annoying when I take holiday snaps with my 10MP SLR and iPhoto and Facebook reduce the quality. This is probably due to bandwidth issues, plus it is a free service so I can't complain. Like you, most of my friends do not even use Flickr, let alone heard of it. Maybe it is more popular in the US? What I do know is that 80% of my friends use Facebook (rough guess here). I think somewhere like Flickr is a great place for enthusiasts in photography, and I really enjoy going on there finding some absolutely stunning photos which I would never find from my Facebook friends. My main reason for putting my photos in the cloud though is to share with family and friends. If quality is an issue I can always upload it to my MobileMe web gallery (yeah yeah I know that has its problems). I don't see myself renewing my Pro account on Flickr next year. I will just upload pictures that other enthusiasts will love. I don't take too many of those kinds of photos, so a standard account will do. I use iPhoto to organise my photo collection on the Mac and ever since I discovered the iPhoto Facebook Plugin I have just used that ever since, it just makes it so quick and easy. For people who don't like iPhoto or are on Windows then I believe Picasa has a similar Plug-in for both Facebook and Flickr. The only thing I wished it did was syncing, so whenever I added a new photo to an iPhoto event it would automatically sync it to Facebook. I agree with Irian.

The only thing I wish about Facebook photo is that they preserved some more of the quality. It is slightly annoying when I take holiday snaps with my 10MP SLR and iPhoto and Facebook reduce the quality. This is probably due to bandwidth issues, plus it is a free service so I can’t complain. Like you, most of my friends do not even use Flickr, let alone heard of it. Maybe it is more popular in the US? What I do know is that 80% of my friends use Facebook (rough guess here).

I think somewhere like Flickr is a great place for enthusiasts in photography, and I really enjoy going on there finding some absolutely stunning photos which I would never find from my Facebook friends. My main reason for putting my photos in the cloud though is to share with family and friends. If quality is an issue I can always upload it to my MobileMe web gallery (yeah yeah I know that has its problems). I don’t see myself renewing my Pro account on Flickr next year. I will just upload pictures that other enthusiasts will love. I don’t take too many of those kinds of photos, so a standard account will do.

I use iPhoto to organise my photo collection on the Mac and ever since I discovered the iPhoto Facebook Plugin I have just used that ever since, it just makes it so quick and easy. For people who don’t like iPhoto or are on Windows then I believe Picasa has a similar Plug-in for both Facebook and Flickr. The only thing I wished it did was syncing, so whenever I added a new photo to an iPhoto event it would automatically sync it to Facebook.

]]> By: Social Networking: It’s All About Communication! | The Chatroll Blog http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-9503 Social Networking: It’s All About Communication! | The Chatroll Blog Tue, 27 May 2008 04:56:20 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-9503 [...] popular, these sites have not achieved mainstream success. So who’s the winner? As of now, it looks to be Facebook. People simply find it a lot easier to share their pictures (and other content) where their friends [...] [...] popular, these sites have not achieved mainstream success. So who’s the winner? As of now, it looks to be Facebook. People simply find it a lot easier to share their pictures (and other content) where their friends [...]

]]> By: Irian http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4694 Irian Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:11:47 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-4694 The concept of interesting is quite relative. While I truly enjoy Flickr for sharing pictures with my family, I actually have to double post pictures for friends in Facebook so that they will actually look at them. And while you won't find stunning artistic shots on Facebook, you might find an incriminating picture of one of your friends, which could be far more interesting ;) <br> <br>It all depends on the context. I wish Facebook would allow hosting larger sized pictures, with enough quality to be printed. And while I truly love Flickr, I seriously doubt my friends will be uploading their pics there. The concept of interesting is quite relative. While I truly enjoy Flickr for sharing pictures with my family, I actually have to double post pictures for friends in Facebook so that they will actually look at them. And while you won’t find stunning artistic shots on Facebook, you might find an incriminating picture of one of your friends, which could be far more interesting ;)

It all depends on the context. I wish Facebook would allow hosting larger sized pictures, with enough quality to be printed. And while I truly love Flickr, I seriously doubt my friends will be uploading their pics there.

]]> By: Jon Michaeli http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4693 Jon Michaeli Thu, 24 May 2007 12:59:36 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-4693 Mack, <br> <br>We'll be coming out of private beta in mid-June. Please feel free to email me directly with any feedback - jmichaeli@panraven.com <br> <br>Cheers, <br>Jon Mack,

We’ll be coming out of private beta in mid-June. Please feel free to email me directly with any feedback – jmichaeli@panraven.com

Cheers,

Jon

]]> By: Mack D. Male http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4692 Mack D. Male Wed, 23 May 2007 21:33:38 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-4692 Omar, I am not sure about MySpace, but they did recently buy Photobucket, so I guess around 3 billion! Omar, I am not sure about MySpace, but they did recently buy Photobucket, so I guess around 3 billion!

]]> By: Omar http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4691 Omar Wed, 23 May 2007 18:32:09 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-4691 Interesting entry... <br> <br>I think Facebook has so many because it's a social networking site. I like to put my photos on Flickr because anyone can access them, not just my friends. <br> <br>Nevertheless i've got lots of friends who haven't heard of Flickr but joined Facebook because every man and his dog has an account. Now everyone throws all their going out photos at it. Which shows up in all the photos being of people. <br> <br>I like Flickr because i can browse photos and that's just not possible on Facebook. Just depends on what you want from a 'photo site' isn't it. That said, 1.7billion?! Any idea on MySpace? Interesting entry…

I think Facebook has so many because it’s a social networking site. I like to put my photos on Flickr because anyone can access them, not just my friends.

Nevertheless i’ve got lots of friends who haven’t heard of Flickr but joined Facebook because every man and his dog has an account. Now everyone throws all their going out photos at it. Which shows up in all the photos being of people.

I like Flickr because i can browse photos and that’s just not possible on Facebook. Just depends on what you want from a ‘photo site’ isn’t it. That said, 1.7billion?! Any idea on MySpace?

]]> By: Mack D. Male http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4690 Mack D. Male Wed, 23 May 2007 18:11:51 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-4690 Don, thanks for the comment. I admit I didn't look very hard for Zooomer...I could have pinged Thomas Hawk too I suppose. <br> <br>Jon, sounds like an interesting thing you've got in the works. I look forward to checking Panraven out. And perhaps another post is in order :) <br> <br>True Megan, but I think the reason is that Martin is right. Most of the photos at Facebook are of people. You just post and tag. Flickr, SmugMug, and the others have far more interesting photos. The only thing you said Martin that I might not agree with is the cell phone thing...I think there are actually a lot of cell phone pics at Flickr, relatively speaking. Don, thanks for the comment. I admit I didn’t look very hard for Zooomer…I could have pinged Thomas Hawk too I suppose.

Jon, sounds like an interesting thing you’ve got in the works. I look forward to checking Panraven out. And perhaps another post is in order :)

True Megan, but I think the reason is that Martin is right. Most of the photos at Facebook are of people. You just post and tag. Flickr, SmugMug, and the others have far more interesting photos. The only thing you said Martin that I might not agree with is the cell phone thing…I think there are actually a lot of cell phone pics at Flickr, relatively speaking.

]]> By: Martin http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4689 Martin Wed, 23 May 2007 15:38:09 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-4689 Great post as the executives above also stated. <br> <br>I think the big difference is the quality of photo and the type of photos being uploaded at these places. Because Facebook is a social networking site it appears that most of the photos are people based whereas sites like Flickr and SmugMug tend to have more variety. Also, I think the overall quality of photos on Flickr and SmugMug tend to be better than on Facebook. Very rarely do you see cell phone pictures on Flickr but that is a common thing on Facebook. Yes, there are people who upload pictures to both sites using their 8MP camera but this tends not to be the norm. At least that is what I have tended to notice. Great post as the executives above also stated.

I think the big difference is the quality of photo and the type of photos being uploaded at these places. Because Facebook is a social networking site it appears that most of the photos are people based whereas sites like Flickr and SmugMug tend to have more variety. Also, I think the overall quality of photos on Flickr and SmugMug tend to be better than on Facebook. Very rarely do you see cell phone pictures on Flickr but that is a common thing on Facebook. Yes, there are people who upload pictures to both sites using their 8MP camera but this tends not to be the norm. At least that is what I have tended to notice.

]]> By: Megan http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4688 Megan Wed, 23 May 2007 15:03:01 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-4688 I find that Facebook is far more convenient, because it doesn't require me to rename my photos. I find that Facebook is far more convenient, because it doesn’t require me to rename my photos.

]]> By: Jon Michaeli http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4687 Jon Michaeli Wed, 23 May 2007 14:04:38 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-4687 I am VP, Marketing for Panraven, still in private beta. We are a multimedia platform for people to express and preserve their memories and connect with others through powerful stories. <br> <br>Great post! I'd be interested in your thoughts on which companies are doing the most interesting things with all of those photos. I am VP, Marketing for Panraven, still in private beta. We are a multimedia platform for people to express and preserve their memories and connect with others through powerful stories.

Great post! I’d be interested in your thoughts on which companies are doing the most interesting things with all of those photos.

]]> By: Don MacAskill http://blog.mastermaq.ca/2007/05/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-4686 Don MacAskill Wed, 23 May 2007 06:57:30 +0000 http://~/2007/5/22/is-facebook-the-king-of-photo-sites/#comment-4686 [I'm SmugMug's CEO & Chief Geek] <br> <br>Zooomr's CEO, Thomas Hawk, was talking about the # of photos on Zooomr just yesterday while they were busy upgrading to Mark III. <br> <br>He says they have about 1 million photos. You could probably verify this yourself, he's pretty talkative about his site. It's possible I mis-heard him, but I think the number sounds about right. And before anyone poo-poos one million as being small, I well remember when we hit that number - and it's a huge number. :) <br> <br>Thanks for the mention and the link! Nice to see this info gathered in one place - I had no idea how many photos everyone else had. [I'm SmugMug's CEO & Chief Geek]

Zooomr’s CEO, Thomas Hawk, was talking about the # of photos on Zooomr just yesterday while they were busy upgrading to Mark III.

He says they have about 1 million photos. You could probably verify this yourself, he’s pretty talkative about his site. It’s possible I mis-heard him, but I think the number sounds about right. And before anyone poo-poos one million as being small, I well remember when we hit that number – and it’s a huge number. :)

Thanks for the mention and the link! Nice to see this info gathered in one place – I had no idea how many photos everyone else had.

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