MK5 Golf GTI
General => Photography Section => Topic started by: rich83 on January 11, 2011, 11:00:24 pm
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Just set this up..... it would be great for members to join up and add some of their photos!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/mk5golfgti
Hope this is ok with the powers that be!
Rich
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What's a Flickr Group, Rich?
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i would love to say something to do with women and beans for you... but alas.. i cannot... for its simply not that :grin:
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People who are on flickr can add their photos.... like a photo pool! There are thousands of groups on flickr which users can add their photos depending on the photos content
I urge more people to join flickr as it offers better IQ than PB!
Rich
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i would love to say something to do with women and beans for you... but alas.. i cannot... for its simply not that :grin:
Damn I've signed up now. So disappointed. :laugh:
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i would love to say something to do with women and beans for you... but alas.. i cannot... for its simply not that :grin:
Damn I've signed up now. So disappointed. :laugh:
If you look you wont be disappointed... there are plenty of photos on there to fulfil a gentleman's requirements! :signLOL:
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(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F_4MDoY3Cb8Fk%2FSz3fSungp3I%2FAAAAAAAAAWU%2FE3TBjIfZqjI%2Fs1600%2Fflick_ya_bean.gif&hash=a3a0a9eb9526c61c8699e8c259e91ff25c4226e6)
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LMAO
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Great idea Rich - will join the group when I get home today :happy2:
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Just joined now, will sort out some pictures of the golf soon, only got the Twingo on atm!
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Stupid web filtering blocking the good sites at work! Hopefully my next place wont be so anal on filtering!
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Oh dear, I don't particularly want to join Yahoo - Bad experiences in the past. Do they send you uninvited emails etc?
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Oh dear, I don't particularly want to join Yahoo - Bad experiences in the past. Do they send you uninvited emails etc?
No... the only emails I receive from flickr having had to join yahoo... are flickr emails. You can of course set it up that you don't receive any notification emails! :happy2:
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Joined! :happy2:
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The more the merrier!! :drinking:
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Oh dear, I don't particularly want to join Yahoo - Bad experiences in the past. Do they send you uninvited emails etc?
No... the only emails I receive from flickr having had to join yahoo... are flickr emails. You can of course set it up that you don't receive any notification emails! :happy2:
....I just read the Yahoo privacy policy and it's just like Facebook, so thanks but no thanks. :smiley:
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What did it say that you dont like?
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What did it say that you dont like?
....All the small print about collecting data on your web page surfing habits etc etc and tailoring marketing etc to you accordingly. How old you are, where you live. Didn't see any option to refuse "related" emails as you suggested either.
Sorry, I'd otherwise very much like to join you, but I have a particular dislike of the Yahoo/Facebook approach.
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You setup the email notifications to suit you in "Your account" when you sign up.
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When should we send you email?
Would you like to receive emails when invitations and notifications are sent to you in Flickr? (For example, when someone invites you to a group.)
Yes
No
Would you like to receive emails when someone makes you their contact?
Yes
No
Would you like to receive email when people send you personal messages in Flickr?
Yes
Yes, but only if they are a contact of mine
No, not at all
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I only receive emails that pertain to flickr, such as comments on pictures, new pictures from my contacts etc etc.... you can opt. out of all of these if you choose. The only emails i receive apart from these, are the ones asking me to renew my account.
Theres is zero marketing on flickr as far as i can tell, but thats not to say they dont know my neck size and inside leg measurements. :grin:
You can also stop your images being crawled by google and other search engines too if you wish. You can also completely block your photostream to the world except your contacts that you add.
It seems fairly sound to me... FB on the other hand... i'd agree, its a marketing and data hoarding exercise!
Rich
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You setup the email notifications to suit you in "Your account" when you sign up.
....I guess those options only present themselves after you have joined. I got as far as the bit which stated that you agreed with being sent 'related' stuff after the security code window (capcha?).
What's the betting that if I go back and join I'll be met with my name and email already being allocated - Yes! To me! Sorry but what happens in a Flickr group that doesn't happen already here?
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Flickr allows much larger images to be posted, as well as sets, collections, and "online galleries" etc to be organised. The interface is much friendlier for viewing photos than a forum/imageshack/etc and allows metadata to be viewed (camera used and settings, location of photograph, etc).
I've been a pro member for almost 4 or 5 years now - since before they were bought by Yahoo. There's no advertising, as Flickr is funded by its paying members. It's probably one of my most highly-valued web subscriptions.
I've certainly never recieved any spam or nonsense because of my Flickr account, the only time I recieve an email is when my subscription is due and when someone sends me a PM.
Flickr photos/sets/groups also allow a very important thing to be added (or included), and that is context. A themed set provides for considerably more context than just a series of forum posts.
The breadth of work available is superb too, especially in "The Commons", where publically-available historical collections are available - you can spend hours trawling around there (and I have!).
Just some thoughts.
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I got the old flickr app when it came out and joined through there so I only have a flickr username and password not a full yahoo account. Worth a shot?
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Joined and contributed :happy2:
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Ta Damo.... keep em rolling in!
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Thats me joined. my username is scottyboy205 :happy2:
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....I just read the Yahoo privacy policy and it's just like Facebook, so thanks but no thanks. :smiley:
Facebook can also be groomed not to "dob you in". :wink:
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YAY... 10 members! :congrats:
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YAY... 10 members! :congrats:
Make that 11!!
Flickr is AWESOME! The only mail they have ever sent me was when my pro account expired. Almost at 12,000 views on my photostream.
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Just joined :happy2:
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thats me joined :happy2:
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So can we post other stuff in there, or MkV stuff only?
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I have posted other stuff. I think anything worthwhile is fair game.
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I have posted other stuff. I think anything worthwhile is fair game.
X2... Anything you are proud of, post it!!
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Can you host your pics there to use in forums , as you do in Photobucket? That seems to be playing up lately and I want to upload my pics somewhere else.
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Yep :happy2:
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Yep :happy2:
Cool! Account created , group joined and the last photoshoot I done with the GTI (september) uploaded to the group pics! :happy2: