[wiki summary]

http://blog.flickr.net/en/2018/11/01/changing-flickr-free-accounts-1000-photos/

Good news is we have cached* flickr images posted on NWH so there is no need to pay flickr a ransom in perpetuity to preserve display of your images here (we will display the cached version).  If you only use flickr to post images here it should be safe to delete them on flickr (to get under the 1000 photo limit to be able to post more).

*Flickr images posted prior to and still available as of Jan 2019 were cached.  Flickr images posted thereafter are automatically cached.  Due to space constraints we only cache the largest size available up to ~1600 pixels wide or tall.  If the image is a panorama or a very tall image (longer side more than 2x the shorter side) we cache the largest size available and resize as necessary to constrain the shorter side to 1024 pixels.  The lightbox will display the cache (with links to flickr to view larger sizes or video).  Flickr videos will not be cached so if you are debating what 1000 photos or videos to keep on flickr, videos would be the logical first choice.

[Hesman]

I thought I had more pics on Flickr, but I’ve got 1,287 on the site. I’m not too worried about them disappearing, since I have them stored on my computer and an external hard drive.

I find the 1000 picture limit not that brilliant. Smugmug should grandfather in all pictures for those people who choose not to pay.

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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. - Abraham Lincoln
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Dr. Seuss

[Justus S.]

yeah, this is a bit of a bummer. I have like 5k on there probably 90% linked to nwhikers trs, etc. I'll probably go in and nuke all the pics except pics of folks and maps.

[Tom]

Don't nuke anything until we can download a backup.  I'm hoping to make it so that if a picture disappears it automatically displays the backup.  There are hundreds of thousands of flickr pictures posted here so it will take some time to download them all.

[iron]

[olderthanIusedtobe]

I ignored the email about the changes for a while, read it the other day.  I see most folks here feel about the same as I do.  This seems like a huge F U from flickr to all their users, I'm fairly inclined to respond the same to them.  I haven't checked how many images I have but it's way over a thousand.  Sounds like paying to upgrade to pro status is a waste of money, so I'll probably just let them delete most of my pics.  Fun while it lasted I guess.

[Ski]

I guess I haven't been paying close enough attention, because this is the first time I noticed this thread.
I spent the better part of the day yesterday deleting several thousand images from my "Flickr" accounts. (Yes, I have a few, because they used to limit the number of images you could have posted, so I just went around that with multiple accounts.)
After reading through this thread, and after deleting so many images because of this change, it will be a very cold day in hell before I ever trust "Flickr" or "Smugbug" or "Yahoo" again - they are in for a huge disappointment if they think they will ever see a dime of my money.
I was able to retain all the images for my piddly little number of trip reports here, but the non-hiking related stuff was significantly cut, meaning that an information source that has been used by hundreds of people (going by the view counts) over the last decade has been considerably reduced.
I really wish I could more candidly express my sentiments about this, but Tom doesn't allow that sort of language here.

BK

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"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. 
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."

[Slugman]

I am just going to pay the $50. At least for 2019.

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"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but nature more..."  Childe Harold

[moonspots]

[Hesman]

[Tom]

Taking longer than expected.  There are roughly a half million pictures to backup.  I hope to have them downloaded by mid January.  Please do not delete any flickr pictures until we have a backup.  Flickr won't start deleting them until February.

[Hesman]

Thanks for the update!

Half a million pics....

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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. - Abraham Lincoln
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. - Dr. Seuss

[Hiker Mama]

Tom, you are amazing.

I somehow only just heard about this Flickr debacle, and the only reason I have photos on there is for TRs here. I have well over 1000 photos, and no way am I paying $50 a year for the "privilege". I understand it costs money and all that to run a storage site, but still... I post on my website, that costs enough as it is.

So now I need to figure out how to add photos to TRs with another method. 

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[Tom]

Just keep using flickr to post.  I'm putting the finishing touches on it (lost a day due to power outage) but the plan is to back up any new flickr images as soon as they're posted here so you can just delete them if you need to free up space.  More details forthcoming but short story is nobody needs to pay flickr a dime of ransom.

[Hesman]