How Flickr became Roller Ball for the dull.

Getty and Flickr to all Flickr uses, “You are all now in competition. You thought this was about sharing photos? No this is about micro stock. The select few of you that we deem worthy, will be selected for direct exploitation. Let the passive aggressive commenting and self concious favoriting begin, or continue. Now go back to you family and friends and prepare them to be in ads. Things will be better now, you can sit at home and watch the nickels roll in.”

So how does it all work?

Getty Images has the best editors globally taking the pulse of the market. In the next several months, they will be exploring Flickr’s collection of public photos and inviting some of these photographers to be part of the Flickr collection on Getty Images.

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