Caterina Fake
Amber Atherton · Apress eBooks · 2023
Flickr is a photo sharing and hosting platform, serving a community of photography enthusiasts. Founded in 2004 by Caterina Fake, Stewart Butterfield, and Jason Classon, Flickr permits users to upload chronological photostreams, tag photos, and rate their “interestingness .” Flickr was also a pioneer in implementing “tag clouds ,” whereby users can find photos based on keywords. In 2015, Flickr reported 112 million registered users and more than 3.5 million daily image uploads. The site hosts over 11 billion images and in 2007 was the 19th most visited website globally. Influential users include the White House official photographer and international museums and galleries. Just a year after launching, Flickr was acquired by Yahoo! for $25 million. In 2017, Verizon purchased Yahoo!, including Flickr, for $4.5 billion, and in 2018, Flickr was purchased by SmugMug for an undisclosed price. Fake has since served as Chairman of Etsy and on the board of the Sundance Institute and cofounded Yes VC.