I can be as much of a stick in the mud as the next person, wanting to stay put with the old ways that I'm used to. Because I know that about myself, when I see changes like this, I give pause and prepare myself to give the changes a chance by taking time to use them. This strategy applies to the new Flickr interface. It does not apply to the accounts and pricing. I'm going to hang around and see where the dust settles, but if in 6 months I still feel like Yahoo is after my cash instead of feeling like I have subscribed to a respectable photo sharing community, I will not hesitate to find something else.

One of the comments I read in the 90+ page help thread where folks were complaining really resonated with me (http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-...7633547442506/). I use Flickr on a computer the majority of the time. I use Flickr to share images with family and friends. The focus of the site feels like it has shifted from nuts and bolts to glitz and glam. If a redesign for mobile and Windows 8 users was necessary, I wish it wouldn't have affected my desktop experience. I guess a lot of the same feelings were aroused when the public first got its hands on Windows 8 too.

Maybe I can hack Craigslist to somehow host my images!