Flickr started as a chat room, made as a quick side project using technologies developed for a MMORPG. It just took over the company's energy, in much the same way Twitter took over Obvious Corp.
[edit before someone gets as pedantic on me as I got on the parent: Flickr was a series of chat rooms. Not sure what the term really is... in the MUD/MOO world they used to just be called "chatters" I suppose? Because the few other features they had were intended as social toys, the same way Flickr was intending people to use photos.]
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Flickr started as a chat room, made as a quick side project using technologies developed for a MMORPG. It just took over the company's energy, in much the same way Twitter took over Obvious Corp.
[edit before someone gets as pedantic on me as I got on the parent: Flickr was a series of chat rooms. Not sure what the term really is... in the MUD/MOO world they used to just be called "chatters" I suppose? Because the few other features they had were intended as social toys, the same way Flickr was intending people to use photos.]