TechCrunch: Flickr Co-founders Join Mass Exodus From Yahoo

Flickr Co-founders Join Mass Exodus From Yahoo

TechCrunch reports this sad news. Their replacement (at least on the product side), Kakul Srivastava, was the driver behind Flickr video — and the one who wasn’t too receptive to my idea for an L.A.-local Flickr product evangelist position for the Media group when I was DFA’ed the first time at Yahoo! Sure, my idea smacked of a cool-cushy job for me, but we could have discussed it more. (insert-smiley-face)

Since I felt Flickr Video was a mistake, I can’t like this news for my favorite site on the Web. I predict further dilution and decay at Flickr without Stewart and Caterina there to demand excellence. For example, I bet Flickr’s excellent customer support gets folded into the crappy Media group support. They can’t keep spending money on dedicated support for one site.

Then again, can you really trust people named Butterfield and Fake?! Maybe this is for the best after all. Is it telling there’s nothing on Flickr.com about this? Where’s the heartfelt goodbye, we’re-sure-nothing-bad-will-happen, great people, time-with-family, etc. etc. letter? Coming soon I suppose.

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