A small but vocal minority on Flickr are already staging online protests at the prospect of a Microsoft takeover. Flickr is one of several popular Web 2.0 websites owned by Yahoo that loyal users fear will suffer under Microsoft ownership.
As soon as the news hit the wires that Microsoft is proposing a $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, Flickr users began posting anti-Microsoft images, satirical “Flickr Live” logos and announcing they will abandon Flickr if it falls into Microsoft hands, fearing such a move would mark the beginning of the end.
In light of this, I’ve decided to post a collection of the rebellious images here. Each image links to the actual image page on Flickr.
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Eric Odom is project manager for Blogivists.com. A web strategist by trade, Odom is currently working to develop infrastructure for activists within the liberty movement.
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This is the first I have heard of the protests. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not much of a MS fan, but Yahoo isn’t that much better. IMO Flickr was much better when it was it’s own company.
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