SaveTheUnicorns

http://intaipei.tumblr.com/post/153616609/i-want-this-to-spread-like-wildfire-i-want-people

intaipei:

I want this to spread like wildfire. I want people to know that Flickr, their customer service and overall infrastructure is incredibly disappointing and it needs to be fixed ASAP.

There were 3,000+ photos on my Flickr photostream from 2004-present. Thousands and thousands of dollars spent on film and developing were pumped into that account and it vanishes within minutes and it’s been days and still I’ve found no resolution with my case.

I asked for the IP address of the person who logged-in and made these changes. I doubt that they will release that information to me or it “vanished” with the termination as well. I hope that people will spread this story around to make it aware of their horrible practices as a company in hopes of improving their services.

-Morgan Tepsic

Morgan, Things you need to learn if you’re going to go to art school.

1. Flickr is merely a photo-sharing website NOT online storage.
2. Always keep at least THREE (3) backups of your files
3. Stop cross-processing your toy camera film. It’s kitsch. The toy cameras and the cross processing.
4. This happens to every photographer. You lose a hard drive, you misplace a thumb drive, you are held at gunpoint while every last one of your cameras and media storage is stolen, your computer crashes, you leave it on the roof of your car and drive away. This is why you have three backups. No less than. And you check it all every year. And you replace it all every year or two. Consider yourself with a head start on that learning curve.
5. You HAVE to stop calling people cunts.
6. It cost you $20 a year to get Flickr Pro. I know, I went to art school, I took digital classes, we used the medium for a specific digital class. I promise you that the $80 you dropped on them the last 4 years isn’t even going to pay for the hour of their time they already spent on you. Let it go. This is part of growing up. Shit happens. Use this energy and turn it into something you can use like figuring shit out about yourself.
7. Everything will be okay. None of this will matter.