Do content companies owe it to their users

Apr 11, 2008

Flickr recently introduced video and many of its die-hard users are protesting the move. I was just wondering, when your entire existence depends on the content generated by your users, can you take arbitrary decisions? Shouldn’t they have asked the users before introducing a feature that only a few of their users would appreciate? I mean, there are already so many websites allowing their users to post videos, so why introduce it to a photography website? Compared to videos on YouTube, the quality of photographs on Flickr is really great. The trend is I think wrong and it doesn’t bode good for people who intend to use "free" websites to post their creations, whether it’s photography, video or text.

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2 Responses to “Do content companies owe it to their users”

Shane: content writer
April 14th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Honestly, they should have consulted their users first, as they should with every decision they make that directly affects said users… As you say, teir entire existence depends on those users, they’re foolish to jeopordise they’re relationship with them..
Amrit
April 14th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Yes, Shane, you are right. They should have counseled with the vibrant community.