flickr deleted my account

I am proud to have incorporated others' work into my photographs, and I won't apologize for it, and I know Flickr won't delete my account for it because that would be customer-hostile behavior. For instance of someone shoots young girls secretly in public, and say they're just a "street photographer" and it's innocent. What happened to the OP is what we called a "scrub", which means all presence on Yahoo and Flickr have been wiped clear. ), they restored my photos as well. Flickr account name was his website's URL - possible that was a factor... ), In fact, if you go look at the other recent case you championed, TH, the same phenomenon doesn't occur. When I remembered that I had my Flickr tied to that email address I rushed to check my Flickr to see if it was still there and it is with all the photos I posted, the only problem is now the Yahoo account I would use to login is gone. ), www.RianFlynn.com That said, there absolutely should be a way to recover a deleted account, for those times when it was in error, or is not on a level of eggregious illegality, and can be easily fixed. Like. I had a pro account also which doesn't really mean much. Since your Yahoo account was deleted as well, the issue could be with Yahoo and Yahoo's terms of service and not Flickr. This can happen 2 ways. ( permalink ( permalink You post about your account deletion in the help forum. Under the “ Personal information ” tab, click Delete your Flickr account. If you create a new account, the emails and contacts can be moved to the new account. Help for your Yahoo Account Select the product you need help with and find a solution Yahoo questions? Posted ages ago. Posted ages ago. Not allowed. ), I agree on the pressing need for a better way of dealing with this sort of thing; you can either go for a holding pen/undelete approach, or simply email a warning before deleting people in the first place, but you've got to do better than this. I think it's time for Flickr's TOS to become more 2010. ), Ideally, when Flickr "deletes" an account, they would disable the account and make the account. You can change your default options for new ... Creative Commons. the users images, and the users comments "invisible". ( permalink ( permalink Once Zack explains, I'm sure we'll get the whole story and if they're claiming outright that what whomever did was overkill, I'm sure they are also taking care of that issue behind the scenes. Along with my Yahoo account. https://www.flickr.com/photos/your_flickr_address) * Posted ages ago. But they are reasonable questions nonetheless. You try and contact them via email to object and they won't return your emails. Sometimes after we upload a photo, we realize there was something we forgot to edit out. ), As for this particular case, it could very well be that significant traffic from Craiglist, raised an alarm for Flickr staff. I never got an answer fom the Flickr staff. If they can do it for others and people knew this, then they'd bitch a lot more about it when Flickr deletes their account thus potentially exposing them to additional bad PR. All the photos were in fact mine! They said it was overkill and they are trying to insure things like this dont happen. After publicly criticizing their new policies, they deleted my account with no warning. If none of that matters then no worries, gone is gone and no harm done. You can read more about the changes to login here.If you’re having trouble signi... Logging in to Your Flickr Account I had hundreds of thousands of views, i was on the front page of explore a few times and I was an active member of many groups! Back up anything that's important to you: images, descriptions, contact lists, contact's e-mail addresses/ blog addresses/ websites, e-mails (sent or received by you) that you want to keep. Posted 79 months ago. ), Just out of curiosity, can a seemingly safe, though sexually suggestive image, e.g. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. If you know your login email address or username, but are unable to log in because you’re not sure you’re using the right password, enter the login email address on the login page, then select Next. Maybe it's just some of them? Posted ages ago. Posted ages ago. Posted ages ago. I had a pro account and was a long time Flickr member since 2005 as well as an active member of the community. I have escalated your email to a senior representative in 0. ColleenM, Thanks for all your help this evening. Any one of them can go belly up, crash or sizzle without notice. Flickr closed one of these threads just a few weeks ago when you said I wore a tinfoil hat. Careful there by the way Searcher. Maybe they offer you back a credit towards a new Pro account. Hopefully RubyMae. Like. that happens all the times. I would also like to know why there isn't a safety net. Hi Zack, This is the first time in five years I have felt this way. Posted at 10:51PM, 20 June 2014 PST I doubt that would be appropriate to state in the Forum (ok, actually I know)... calling out staff members and all that. If Flickr won't do this, they owe us at least an explanation for why they will not. Did you have more than twenty? I hope they really do have an undeletion feature. If i was doing something wrong it would have been nice to be emailed about it. However, since the OP received no warning to this effect and seems to have a clear grasp on the system, we can pretty much rule this option out. permalink So, what happened to change that? Got it and thanks... Unless you are a repeat offender. ), It seems like there is a lot of speculation here as to exactly what Flickr's capabilities are in this regard. Posted 79 months ago. www.flickr.com/photos/125549722@N07/14282450489/ Thomas Hawk edited this topic ages ago. It now uses your son's email address to access the account. Since you said you're not working on that feature, I'd highly suggest that the team start because at the rate this is going, people are going to start being afraid to post their photos on Flickr and will go to other websites. OR BETTER: flickr should just detect if the user-name is in the form of (or looks like) a URL - using pattern-matching, and not allow those user names! One of my photos just hit 20,000 views! Not allowed. This Black Friday, get more light in your life with 25% off your first year of Flickr Pro. Like. I have started a plan to inventory my flickr photos and make sure they are completely backed up. ). The problem that arose here was the image being stored on Flickr and displayed on another website without linking back to Flickr. ( permalink Some pro members have thousands. 1. Some of my images have hundreds of comments, and they often make up the fabric of the history of the image. Posted ages ago. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. Nothing mentioned in that last post about getting the entire account restored. I also would like you to make sure that my settings are restricted except for my videos which are moderate. ( permalink We consider security a top priority. ) ( permalink Does it have more than 1,000 photos? ), Let's clear a couple of things up. Check your Flickrmail Posted ages ago. Here's hoping that's a new feature as well. ), add: "tags", "sets", "collections", "favorites" to your list! Posted ages ago. I likewise have had Flickr accounts deleted fir bad behavior but it did not trickle ok very to Yahoo. It says "accounts may be deleted without warning." link in the next screen that appears to send yourself a password reset email. ), The reason my account was deleted was because I was posting the images without linking back to flickr. Flickr takes user trust very seriously and we, like our users, take great pride in being able to take, post and share photos. We are still human and not perfect, but when we make a mistake we want to try to do what we can to fix it and learn from it. ( permalink They did lose my photos. Posted ages ago. ( permalink Flickr under SmugMug is clearly plucking down. I really had to tap into some banned activity for this to happen. I can just imagine the backlash that could happen against that staff member, regardless of whether what (s)he did was an appropriate response (deleting the account). ), TH - rianflynn said he was ok with getting the "old url back" - something that has been done (and is documented here in threads in the Help Forum) several times (and like Colleen says, only when the account has been *not* deleted for violating ToS/CG). You cannot get your old URL back. Posted ages ago. Flickr would have deleted his entire account for no reason whatsoever, and that is something that is starting to happen a lot more lately than everyone would like to think. :( : ), Problem is, there's no good solution currently for backing up descriptions and comments. flickr would set the entire account as "restricted", rather than delete it. Yeah we shall see. Rian does not seem to have any controversial or adult photos. ), i'm happy it turned out well. I'm on a cross-town bus right now but I'll be back on to explain what's happening when I get home. ), I played with the url on that link rian, and the smaller sizes are still there, too. All being said, i understand the mistake and i am happy with the way flickr handled this one. Can Flickr provide a little more visibility specifically on why warning their users over account deletions represents such a, in their words, "daunting" task? it is locked up. You have helped me out a few years ago. And yeah, if those images still visible aren't a fluke, it'd be darned cool if they did have a "holding" pen now, and not an irreversible deletion. Posted 79 months ago. It cannot receive or send emails. I just lost all my contacts and messages. AND FAST! ), I do think it's worth speculating about the technical things going on with this issue. From now on, Flickr will only host 1,000 photos for free, and if you have more than that uploaded to the site, it will stop displaying them. How to delete your Flickr account on your iPhone or iPad Launch the Flickr app on your iPhone or iPad. I'm ok just starting over, but can i have my old url back? Guidelines. ) How to Open a Flickr Account. ( permalink The CG talk about images you have created yourself, not images that you have a license to use. ( permalink Delete photos and videos in the Flickr app. If I sign into the account directly with my account it asks about merging the accounts since my account already has an email associated with it. ), Yes, you're absolutely fine! ), Yes, those are the community guidelines. That's probably fine then. it looks like my photos are still on the server! I have followed numerous photogs who flirted with the powers at Flickr. if that was the case, the images would have been deleted from the farms, no? ( permalink Rian - I am sorry that it's taken so long to get back to you. Many of his images still appear in Google Image Search, yet none of them still exist on Flickr's servers. Posted ages ago. You are not taking any risks if the image is stored in both places. Posted ages ago. did they say why they deleted your account? ), rianflynn I'm really just interested in getting my old url back. it would be really nice to talk to someone on the phone! So much for transparency. Posted ages ago. This action will take you to the "Delete Your Account page". Posted ages ago. Can anyone recommend a flickr - disk move utility? It isn't an icon and is in the middle of the page. Your Flickr account URL (e.g. I don't care if they acted "heavy handed" or "rashly", they would still destroy unrecoverable content and history, with that mistake. ( permalink Nude buddy icons will get you deleted on the second go around. :// I'm so stressed about this. This thread and rian's case are a pretty stark example of why not being able to recover from an "accidental" account deletion is a colossal mistake. www.rianflynn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a... farm4.static.flickr.com/3098/3159331610_ba27336572_b.jpg, farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2669267547_66b12c65fa_b.jpg, farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3656503484_880444f3fc_b.jpg, www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/54689/page2/#reply309440, www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/80850/#reply511487. Posted ages ago. A bunch of images showing a pattern, could be a problem. If Flickr deleted your account for rules violations, that won't happen. someone is a bit too trigger-happy at flickr? Deleting your Flickr account is useful if you want a fresh start for your profile. Nothing after it was deleted either. Much more. Why isn't there an official appeal's process for customers? (must drink coffee soon) ), Stiff Rooster: Flickr accidentally deletes user's 4,000 photos Photo-sharing site Flickr has accidentally erased five year's worth of images from a user's account. ), ColleenM: I am going on an extended vacation and my pro account will have run out by then, and I'll be gone for over 100 days. Setting the images to this would automagically break ALL external links. It would seem to make sense to have someone from Flickr explain exactly what their new found capabilities are, that is if a little transparency is not too much to ask. It would be great, and important even, to determine if it's a fluke, or Flickr finally has a decent recovery option available for those rare times when an account didn't deserve to be deleted. Also, to Rian, even though we already apologized to Rian by email, I thought I'd apologize here to, and thank you for being a colossal good sport and having a good attitude during all this. Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. I am drafting a plan to move the photos as they are on flickr to a backup disk and drive. You need to give them 5-10 business days to respond. That also can be very confusing. They owe us a sane and responsible account deletion policy where accounts are not permanently deleted, but rather are suspended temporarily allowing mistakes to be reversed and an appeals process for users who think that their deletion was unfair. ( permalink Posted ages ago. Sorry we could not provide a more definite answer. ), ah, ok, i see what you mean. ( permalink ), MabelAmber® ***Pluto5339*** Queen of Streetshots: Video processing is A LOT slower than before and in most cases fails in the end. ), well, the same is true for me, since people know me under that nick-name. If you'd like to download all of your photos, including all of your data, go to your Flickr account settings and select Request My Flickr Data on the bottom right of the page. They will tell you which of the Community Guidelines you were violating. ( permalink Flickr is a customer-friendly. yes, it's a big site, and the 5,000 new photos and videos uploaded per minute sounds daunting. Flickr has no filter settings for text, we're allowed to put whatever vulgar musings we want on the page, even if it's on a photo of a butterfly. Restoring that many could be a daunting task. You said you got a "generic letter", so I was just asking if you were actually told that they deleted anything. This includes other people's photos Posted ages ago. ( permalink Make sure any inquire you make is clear and precise with as much information about the old account as possible. If you don't see how you were breaking the rules, the group I linked to above can help you figure it out and can help you keep your account reviewed as 'safe' in the future. What staffer deleted your account? Craigslist posting? I've invested hundreds if not thousands of hours in my own Flickrstream. my photos are posted on hundreds of blogs with deep links and no back-links. I have over 500 photos on there with no backup. I have tried emailing CS, but i haven't gotten a response! ( permalink Maybe Zack just meant that they aren't actively working on it. ( permalink Posted ages ago. ( permalink If only Yahoo/Flickr hadn't laid off developers back in April.... Click on the check box to mark it, then click Delete My Account. Hit the "Delete your Flickr account" link located in the "Your Flickr Account" section. There are many ways that accounts can be deleted, both accidentally and by malicious hackers. Flickr owes their users better than this. Deleting your Flickr account is useful if you want a fresh start for your Flickr profile. So, on a personal level, it's difficult for me to see "censorship" bandied around when the actions taken were taken specifically to On some people's wishlist? I don't know anymore. I'm sure they will get views! Just make certain you behave here as well as other areas of Yahoo. How to delete individual photos or videos Click on the photo or video you wish to delete. Scroll down until you get to the bottom of the page. Wait 10 days and then rep[ly to that email with the corresponding case number. ) locked = closed. Trying to make Flickr better for all of us. Zack, how is it that Flickr has time to code the entire site so that it shows me Thomas Hawk a different staff on the ""about Flickr" staff page then every other Flickr member, but they don't have time to code a far more important thing like account deletion recovery? Posted ages ago. i think there must be a reason why this happened? Posted ages ago. It's not even the pictures that I'm worried about, it's the vast and rich social metadata surrounding the photographs. ( permalink ), Brenda: it was deleted an hour ago, I personally encountered the "this user no longer active on Flickr" screen a dozen times while googling his images. Thank you for the help. Posted 79 months ago. Click on your profile photo, then on Settings. :-) While it would be nice to be able to be send out "wee notes", it would be a daunting task with the amount of content flowing through.

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