Fotolog and Flickr

[imomus]

I now have an account with Fotolog and an account with Flickr. Basically, they do the same thing: host and display my digital photographs. Does anyone have experience of both these systems? Which do you prefer? What are the pros and cons of each?



At first sight, Flickr has the cleaner interface, although I like Fotolog's world map. I get the feeling that I'll reach my bandwidth limit on Flickr pretty quickly too. And I'm curious about the social networking aspects of both systems. What are your experiences? Are there other photoblog publishing systems you recommend?

Comments

fotolog / flickr / fashion / cosmic rays

[(Anonymous)]

i participate in both, but only as a guest, not a paying subscriber.

although my freeloader status limits me to 1 photo opportunity a day, i tend use fotolog more, and a bit differently. my "homepage" (the page that my browser opens to, is http://www.fotlog.net/cafe/ ... a group page center on the cafe (a la bistro) scene with a side riff on caffe (a la coffee). fotolog reminds me of a global city - mostly populated by high school kids speaking a strange dialect of brazilian portugese - a noisy and lively place. fotolog reminds me of the old webcam scene. it feels like "cafe".

when i use flickr, i tend to upload 6 photos at a time. and it begins to feel like a scrapbook or photo album or minigallery.

i went to google to try and find a "photolog beta" that i had run into a few months ago. it looked like a "euro" version of "fotolog" - cleanly designed, but perhaps sedate(d). there is something about those noisy kids in fotolog that keeps the place lively !

Re: fotolog / flickr / fashion / cosmic rays

[dubmill.livejournal.com]

there is something about those noisy kids in fotolog that keeps the place lively !

Absolutely. Somebody made a comment earlier about fotolog being like a Virgin Megastore in the Mid West - but in a way that's a romantic image to me, not a negative one. The Sound of the Suburbs etc. etc.

I hope that flickr becomes more and more like fotolog. More anarchic and noisy, but with all the technical advantages that it currently has over fotolog. I also hope that they make the pages more customizable (which has been discussed in the forums - the management have said they have some plans in that area).

I think the other site you're thinking of is http://www.photoblog.be/ (there are so many of them: fotothing, fotoamigo, fotola etc.).

/dubmill (at fotolog and flickr)