Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr?
7 hours ago
- #digital preservation
- #open data
- #photography
- Flickr was a pioneering Web 2.0 platform focused on user control, high-resolution photo storage, and open data licensing like Creative Commons.
- SmugMug acquired Flickr, creating the Flickr Foundation to preserve public photos for 100 years, attracting institutions like NASA for archival purposes.
- NASA uses Flickr to store high-resolution, public domain mission images long-term, unlike social media apps that distort or fail to preserve content.
- Flickr's design emphasized photography first, retaining metadata and fostering communities through tags, influencing modern features like hashtags.
- Independent archives like Flickr protect public records from threats like digital erasure or falsification by authorities, ensuring historical accuracy.