Flickr

Wow, if you don’t have a yahoo account, signing up to Flickr can be rather irritating. There is a lengthy sign up process and email confirmation. However, if you have a yahoo account, all you need to do is enter that and you’re set. Flickr is a programme that allows users to create accounts where they can post photos to share with others, or just to create a photo album on the internet. It is possible to join same interest groups and thus share photos. For example, I joined the Holden vs. Ford group, which means I can now view lots of pictures of these cars and can post pictures of my own Holden on there. This allows me to connect with people who share an interest in these cars and thus allow me to interact and collaborate with others on the topic.

I fin Flickr really hard to use as it doesn’t have a very good interface. You have to figure out how to navigate the site on your own and figure out your possibilities or limitations yourself. The site’s graphics are also very basic and simple, so not very enticing to many of the people who would use it.

However, it was very easy to post my photo to the site and to join groups is relatively simple as well. This ease makes using the site a lot faster and gets rid of annoying loading and waiting times.