violet blue is wondering how the hell flickr makes any money

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  June 25, 2008 at 23:23 mcuff says by selling itself to Yahoo, silly.
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  June 25, 2008 at 23:28 spinnerin says They sell quite a few pro memberships.
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  June 25, 2008 at 23:33 chigaze I thought they didn't...or was that Youtube?
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  June 25, 2008 at 23:50 dangrsmind shares upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/Gnomes_plan.png flickr's business model
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  June 25, 2008 at 23:56 Mike Nally says dangrsmind
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  June 26, 2008 at 00:05 karllong says dangrsmind I also think they sell plenty of pro memberships, not sure what their cost structure is though
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  June 26, 2008 at 00:13 mcuff says I forgot all about that, and I have a pro account.
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  June 26, 2008 at 00:25 violet blue says it just seems like pro accounts arent very expensive and the math on that is weak for a big company. and yahoo isnt in great shape either
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  June 26, 2008 at 00:51 allaboutgeorge says there must be revenue from ads that display on regular members' photo pages.
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  June 26, 2008 at 00:53 violet blue says yeah, I'm guessing that's it. but Yahoo prolly buys ad packages, and who clicks ads?
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  June 26, 2008 at 00:53 Mojo says with Firefox and AdBlock, who even *sees* ads anymore?
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  June 26, 2008 at 01:03 chigaze The majority of surfers who don't use FireFox perhaps....
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  June 26, 2008 at 01:38 njudah says anyone with att at home has a pro account at Flickr (actually 6 orso) they must have adeal with att