This is really a note for my fellow classmates, but I'm disappointed to note that this week, Flickr wound back it's support for both Wordpress and Blogger, removing the blog share tools that have been so handy.
From now on, we will have to embed the Flickr images, rather than using a simple tool. I'm thinking its going to be really hard for people who are just learning how to blog to work out the embed functions. Apparently, Wordpress and Blogger make up such a tiny amount of Flickr traffic these days, they no longer consider it to be a viable partnership. See this link for more info. I think this may be a signal that blogging is on the way out in the traditional form and should we be looking at what is now more popular - Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram etc.?
Anyway, I'm feeling disappointed about the change. It was always so easy before. I shall probably explore Photobucket or Instagram a lot more closely now, to see how their sharing capabilities compare.
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Thank you. You draw a very thought provoking conclusion which I have to say I am forced to concur with. We will need to change the focus of our Web 2.0 explorations in future course I think
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