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To my surprise, I logged onto Flickr this evening only to discover that Flickr has added video uploading! It’s pretty cool. There are some limitations:

• You must be a paid Flickr Pro member. ($25/ year, totally worth it. I’ve been one for two years!)
• Videos must be 90 seconds or less. (If greater than 90 seconds, only the first 90 seconds will play.)
• Videos must be 150 MB or less. (And that’s that.)
• Videos must be “safe”. (i.e. Not pr0n.)

I think these parameters are all valid. The Pro status makes sense, because a Pro membership gives you unlimited upload space, and video is the bane of hard drive space.

Also, I am more likely to shoot short little videos and call it good. I am not much of a video person. For me, YouTube is fun to watch videos, but I won’t make videos for that site, because I am not part of the “social network” on YouTube.

On Flickr, I have many contacts, friends, and family. It is in the top three of my social networks. Those are Flickr, Facebook, and Twitter. In that order.

Flickr, well done. This came as a total surprise, and it rocks!

Readers, embedded below is my first Flickr video. Bon appétit.

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