I love flickr. I love the easy access to APIs, I love the range of 3rd party services that support the site, and I love the people that I have met there.

BUT much like going out with a tall, thin blonde that smells like strawberry; then one day seeing her without makeup wearing her “at home” panties… the sheen has worn off somewhat.

Below is a list of services and features that I would love to see on flickr:

  1. The ability to have several user accounts linked to a single flickr account. I HATE that I have to log out and log back in again under a different ID to comment on my photos without sounding like someone who comments on themselves in the 3rd person.
  2. The ability to submit freaks and perverts to a perve directory or shame file. You know the types of users I’m talking about? The ones who leave lewd comments about women and children on your photos and when you go to find out more about them they of course have no details. Submit the bastards to a directory where their IP is banned from the site.
  3. Give access to photos by contact. Sure the current privacy settings on photos are cool. I am guessing though that the photo that you’re happy for your bro to see of you jumping on a trampoline with a burning newspaper rolled up and sticking out of your arse, is probably not cool with your nanna.
  4. Include a ratings engine. Yeah favourites are great… but why not ratings too? Would be a very cool way to while away the hours at work while searching for “stock art”.
  5. Email to a Friend. Hell how cool would it be to be able to send a photo to a friend without going through the whole pasting the url into an email and sending it to a mate thing? Even better, allow you to send the photo to a bunch of friends at once, comments and all.
  6. Comment Notification. I want to be notified when someone comments on my photos. I also want to be notified when someone adds my photo as a fav or adds a note.

Maybe some of these features already exist? If so then let me know, otherwise digg this story and let’s hope someone at flickr notices.

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