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Flickr

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Etymology

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From flicker, suggested by co-founder Caterina Fake after the domain owner of flicker.com refused to sell it.[1]

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Flickr

  1. (trademark) An online social networking service that enables users to share photos.
    • 2010, Peter Morville, Jeffery Callender, Search Patterns: Design for Discovery:
      Today, popularity is typically a multialgorithmic measure. At Flickr, a photo's interestingness derives from views, comments, notes, bookmarks, favorites...

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References

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  1. ^ Daniel Sieberg (2007 April 26) “Flickr On The Fly: Founder Of Photo-Sharing Service Chats With Daniel Sieberg”, in CBS News‎[1], archived from the original on 2007-05-28: “The domain owner of "flicker.com" wouldn’t sell, so Caterina [Fake] suggested "Flickr," which [Stewart] Butterfield says made the service stand out.”

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