“I was there Gandalf, I was there 3000 years ago.”

Flickr was, I think, one of those "Web 2.0" thing. I got in a few months after it started. I remember a good friend who became sorta millionaire building tools for Flickr (I think he retired in the Himalayas or near it with his family). I remember him more vividly because his test account was my Flickr account - an account with enough photos not to choke his tool, and other test options. In turn, I learned quite a lot of photography skills.

This is good news. They recently fixed the password issue too so I was able to finally access my account again after over ten years. I think I'll start adding to it.

Yeah, I was pretty heavily involved in the Toronto Flickr community when we used to meet for photowalks and big gatherings at bars. It was an incredibly vibrant community for a while. Such awesome folks to hang out with. I'm glad to see the site being preserved for the long haul.

The clicking on the photo title or description to inline edit blew my mind as a young web developer starting out.

I do! It had a great API, especially for 2004-2005. I remember after Yahoo! bought it, I went to SXSW and they were throwing an open bar somewhere and handing out Yahoo!, Upcoming, Flickr, and Del.icio.us swag. I still have and use a Flickr-themed travel microfiber cleaning cloth from that event.

It was so nice, back before you had to worry about being the product.

I’d love a simple photo sharing service now that the only thing high-res on Facebook are the ads.

I do! Glad to see SmugMug trying to restore Flickr to its original glory.