SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE Flickr URL http www flickr com PURPOSE Flickr is a photo and video hosting website and app EARLY 2002 Flickr's parent company Ludicorp is founded CURRENT CEO Marissa Mayer NUMBER OF USERS More than 110 million FEBRUARY 2004 Flickr is launched MARCH 2005 Yahoo buys Ludicorp and Flickr flickr MAY 2015 Flickr's second redesign is released
Meet the Founders STEWART BUTTERFIELD grew up in Canada He went to college there and in England After graduating Butterfield moved to Vancouver Canada He worked as a computer programmer and Web design consultant Butterfield founded Flickr with Caterina Fake in 2004 He left Flickr in 2008 CATERINA FAKE grew up in Pennsylvania She went to college in New York In 1994 Fake moved to San Francisco California There she was the art director of an online magazine After founding Flickr with Butterfield in 2004 Fake remained with the company until 2008 Caterina Fake Stewart Butterfield
CHAPTER 1 What Is Flickr Imagine you're at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah The view is breathtaking You take photos of the dusty red rock towers against the blue sky You want to share those photos with your friends Maybe you are hoping to be a photographer So you want many people to see your work Flickr can help Flickr is a photo sharing website and app Each user creates a profile and can then follow and connect with other Flickr users Flickr users upload photos and videos to their Flickr pages Did You Know Users can add captions and other information about the In 2015 Cannon was images Then the users can the camera brand used organize their photos into by most Flickr users The most used phone digital albums camera was the iPhone
Flickr lets you share photos of your vacation even before you get home Flickr users can choose who sees their photos Some photos can be seen by anyone who goes to the Flickr website Other photos can only be seen by the users friends or family members Flickr doesn't just allow users to share photos The site also helps its users grow as photographers Many professional photographers use Flickr to share their work
