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There was a time when Flickr was an exemplar of whimsical, web-savvy copywriting. Now, not so much
@mattedgar Anyone here recall #Flickr 's predecessor, #GNE or #GameNeverEnding ? Money (colored paper) literally grew on trees. It had the whimsy you speak of. Then they added the ability to attach photos to the in-game chat, and decided that was the product, not the game.
https://www.jumpstartmag.com/fun-fact-flickr-and-slack-started-as-a-game-that-never-ends/
Jumpstart Magazine · Fun Fact: Flickr and Slack Started as “A Game that Never Ends” - Jumpstart MagazineStewart Butterfield is the founder of two widely successful startups – Flickr, sold to Yahoo for reportedly $35 million, and Slack, one of the most popular communication tools among the startup community. However, Stewart did not start with these lucrative ideas. In fact, these successes came into being from the failure of his initial gaming […]
