Today Flickr premiered its new video sharing feature. Our boys over at Vimeo better watch out; I always thought of that venture a 'Flickr for videos,' with its emphasis on content that is truly user generated. Or maybe not: only Flickr Pro members can upload at this point, and there is a 90 second time limit for all clips. Big mistake, maybe, but as T.S. Eliot professed, "When forced to work within a strict framework, the imagination is taxed to its utmost and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom, the work is likely to sprawl." Who knows--maybe this will lead to more interesting content being posted. Either way, I can't see many Vimeo users flocking over to Flickr and upgrading to Pro just so they can upload minute-long clips when Vimeo offers 250MB/week uploads and vehemently supports HD, a shrewd move.
Flickr Adds Video [lifehacker.com]
The Vimeo HD Channel [vimeo.com]
Apr 9, 2008
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