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Flickr encourages people to build groups to which members are invited to contribute images.
I tried to find an “ice” themed group because I was flicking through my favourites and realised that the non-cat faves were mostly of snow and ice. Hmm…*
I searched for ice themed groups (the search needs working on – odd for a company that was bought by Yahoo) and was intrigued by the variety of different groups that have been set up.
I saw this one – GI’s take on photography. I made me realise how much of a collection of community neighbourhoods Flickr is becoming. People find homes there – affiliations which are not about “being like-minded” which is unproductive.
You get communities difference – all sorts of different people – who intersect and interact around a theme. It is also what I always wanted in an online “community” – a place where you enjoy giving and receiving contributuions – comments for example – and sharing the world through your eyes.
There always somewhere to explore – always something to see, new faces to look at, and new things to talk about.
*Not sure what that says about me.
