FLICKR: settling for 2nd place, cos there is no where else 2 go

Myspace is for musicians
The consensus so far is that Myspace is a great platform for emerging musicians, following the success of Lily Allen, Sandi Thom

Youtube for video artists.
The consensus so far is that Youtube is a great platform for emerging artists to gain mass exposure, following the success of OK GO! And cult online shows whom seem to broadcast straight from their own home.

Flicker for photographers
Now there is a rant, that Flickr should only be used for photos, as an excess of art-work material get in the way of searching for fotos of that object. Resulting in their work to be made NIPSA (not in public site areas).

2nd rate citizens stay for 1st class benefits
Besides this sense of user alienation, artists continue to commit to Flickr as there is no hosting service to date that can match the sense of active-community and feed back that is found between member groups of this hosting service.

Trading in xposure 4 integrity:
A method has been found by users to ‘un-nipsa’ a Flickr stream, is to go through your work and tag all non - photographic images as 'may offend', where the real use of that button is to report porn or worse.

Zoomr…..the other white meat:
Zoomr, what seems to b Flickr’s closest competitor, has approached this posting of artwork policy with a little more leniency, and gives freedom to users to post artwork as they see fit. Zoomr, also has almost the same facilities as flickr too

Deviantart….too deviant for main stream
Beside Zoomr, the only other moderately known site besides flicker to:
1) Post your photos and artwork
2) Get a sense of exposure and feedback from an active online community

is http://deviantart.com/

It is more of a artwork based site, but is no where equal to the sheer size and growth of flickr’s active online community.

So the dilemma continues….