Post #4

For my group project, I have been researching the uses of Flickr. Thanks to Michael Stevens, I have found some interesting information from his blog http://tametheweb.com/library_20web_20/flickr_rocks_my_world/. (There is so much information, and a lot will be discussed in class). I find Flickr to be a great tool and source for libraries to go to. I do not want to go into too much detail, but I found it interesting that one e-mail that Michael received stated: "We are outraged by any public library open to children having an affiliation with Yahoo's Flickr adult oriented amateur porn website."

Going into this project, I thought it was just a site that people can share photos. I did not realize that people felt so strongly that this site is for uses other than sharing or some feeling it is for amateur porn. This goes back to what I was feeling from the beginning about free sites, before looking at any of these sites...someone will always have a problem with this. It is too bad that some libraries feel the same way and block people from using sites like Flickr.