I am tagging on to Brainard's note to say that any of the images purged
from Flickr accounts that happen also to be linked to eBird checklists will
likewise be gone from eBird. I know it's stating the obvious, but worth
mentioning anyway.
I'm watching to see whether eBird will notify affected users, or if users
will have to do so manually. If you know you'll be affected, you might
choose the proactive route to ensure your pictures remain where you choose
to have them.
James
On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 8:08 AM <brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Flickr has announced that it is going to limit the number of photos that
FREE members can store on the site to 1000. Anyone desiring to store and
display more than their most recent 1000 images will have to join at a
basic subscription level.
This will *not* affect the KOS Photo Gallery Flickr Group; my
understanding from communication with support staff is that groups will not
be required to have a subscription to maintain more than 1000 images. The
"groups" are just collections of images linked to and displayed there by
members (some free and some paying).
*However,* those images that are currently displayed on the Group photo
collection that would be purged from free members' accounts will also be
lost from the Group collection.
I looked thru the KOS Flickr member list and there are not many members
who will be affected by the new subscription (i.e. there are not many with
more than 1000 images who don't already pay to have a subscription). I just
wanted to make folks aware of this change and the fact that some of our
Group photos will probably disappear early in 2019 when the changes take
effect. Free Flickr members who have more than 1000 photos might want to
look thru their Photostream and make sure there are not images they would
like to keep on the KOS Group that will be purged.
bpb, Louisville
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