While searching Flickr tonight I noticed something that caught my eye: That little “from Yahoo!” is new. Even though Yahoo acquired Flickr over four years ago, the Flickr logo had remained un-Yahooed until now. What does it mean? Probably nothing too significant, other than to remind users that Flickr is the largest remaining Yahoo property [...]
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Almost every social web service features an avatar to represent and identify users… these small user-chosen pictures stand out for identification. Whether it’s Twitter, Flickr, discussion forums, or Facebook, your user picture helps others to quickly identify you. There are some interesting articles on avatars as online identity, but I see two key points for [...]
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