Flickr is a website where users can set up an account and share their photos with friends, family, those with similar interests.The single most important enabler that allows Flickr to function is “uploading.” However, even though Flickr is not the leader in photo sharing, it still must store an incredible amount of data. Because of this, “the steroids” are an incredibly large component of their success. The steroids in this case take the place of the infrastructure and network needed for users to upload and download large photos as well as the data centers required to store that many photos as well as provide access to the many viewers. In-forming allows people to gather the information they want. In this case, Flickr allows users to tag photos which provide information about the photos. Other users may then enter in search parameters to find pictures with certain tags.
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