Topic: Three months of Flickr Pro for free!

[tani.P]

Hey all,

Not sure if you all saw this, but Flickr is giving away three months of pro for the holidays!
http://www.flickr.com/holidaygift

[edthened]

Och dunnit ollreedie, so ther 

[Late Developer]

Thanks for the heads up. Mine was about to expire and I was having a serious debate about whether to renew as I'm not a big fan of Flickr (my fault as I don't use it to best effect).

[Ed Wenn]

Nice! 3 free months.....very cool. Thanks for the link.

[charles binns]

Result!  Thank you.

[Pete_R]

[smug mode]Mine has always been free as I use BT for my internet and, for reasons I don't fully understand, that means I get free Pro status.[/smug mode]

[original_ann]

I noticed that yesterday as well.  It means you agree to automatic renewals (which wasn't the case before), but hey - why not. 

[Rich815]

Thanks.  Been a pro member for years but it appears to have added three months to my latest subscription.  Cool.

[tani.P]

I haven't decided if I'll re-up when my free time expires....I probably don't use Flickr as well as I could, but I like the discussion in the groups a lot (different than here--I do like here better though. Comments in Flickr groups can get lost easily, there's more continuity here).

[Abdul Hye]

It means you agree to automatic renewals (which wasn't the case before), but hey - why not.

Are you sure? If that was the case then i won't accepted it.

[tani.P]

No auto renewals! From the Flickrmail I got after signing up:

On 22nd March, 2013, your account will revert to a standard free Flickr account. Don’t worry -- we’ll send you a reminder.

[Phil Bebbington]

I must say, I didn't see the auto renewals notice.

[Ordinal]

[smug mode]Mine has always been free as I use BT for my internet and, for reasons I don't fully understand, that means I get free Pro status.[/smug mode]

From what I remember it is because Yahoo provide email for BT customers - free Flickr Pro is a perk from that.

[Rich815]

I must say, I didn't see the auto renewals notice.

Me neither.  Since I was already a Pro member (without auto renewal by the way), I clicked the link and then a page came up with my new expiration date pushed 3 months past my existing expiration date.  Nothing about auto renewals mentioned that I saw.

[KevinAllan]

I used to be a Pro member of Flickr but let it expire and go back to standard membership. The main restriction is being limited to 200 photos but I have got into the habit of reviewing photos and deleting some to stay under that limit ... I can't really see the need to have 5,000 images on flickr as I can't imagine anyone but me wanting to looking at them !

[jojonas~]

I used to be a Pro member of Flickr but let it expire and go back to standard membership. The main restriction is being limited to 200 photos but I have got into the habit of reviewing photos and deleting some to stay under that limit ... I can't really see the need to have 5,000 images on flickr as I can't imagine anyone but me wanting to looking at them !

I used to get around that 200 limit by adding all my shots to a personal group. that way I could get to them through that

I'm going pro now though. statistics are just too much fun

[Skorj]

> I used to get around that 200 limit by adding all my shots to a personal group. that way I could get to them through that

I simply use a unique set of tags 'kittens hrd pron anime harajuku' and the Fickle search engine dutifully returns all the photographs I need. That they feel the need to promote free anything is a sure sign their user base, or those using Pro functions, is declining. Skj.