Close
  • Latest News
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Logo
Logo
  • Latest News
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Applications
    • Applications
    • IT Management
    • Networking

    Flickr Pics Capture London Terror

    By
    Libe Goad
    -
    July 7, 2005
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      News about Thursdays terrorist attack in London spread across the Web like wildfire with up-to-the-minute details on news and blog sites. A new form of online news outlet seems to have emerged as well—photo sharing sites such as Flickr, which encourage users to share photos and comments in a communal setting.

      After four bombs rocked the city, killing at least 37 and wounding more than 700, Flickr members started to pool photos from the event that include pictures of people standing behind blocked streets, armed men boating toward Parliament, and a chilling photo of people evacuating a train via a dark subway tunnel.

      A total of about 300 photos have been contributed, and certain photos have been viewed up to 6,000 times.

      One Flickr picture of a London-based mosque, once suspected of being an al-Qaida recruitment center, showed the building draped with a sign claiming its “new beginning.”

      Underneath the photo, someone wrote, “Its neither the fault or sole responsibility of Muslims or Islam, but its hard not to think, when passing the Finsbury Park mosque, of the extremists who were based here up to a year ago.”

      This growing collection of photos comes from a specific user-created group that allows any Flickr member to contribute pictures.

      Also, users can search specific tags—the most popular tags listed today are “blast,” “explosion” and “London”—which pools photos associated with those key words from across the site.

      Other sites with similar photo-sharing capabilities have seen the same activity.

      Photo communications site Buzznet.com showed a few pictures taken of the aftermath, one including a picture of the double-decker bus that was attacked.

      Underneath each photo on this site, people have been posting their experiences and condolences.

      One entry underneath a photo said, “Looking at these posts… I wonder… where are my friends?”

      Another picture posted on MoblogUK of a man covering his face while exiting a stalled train has been viewed 20,819 times, and more pictures are starting to surface on other similar sites.

      Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake said that the site has been experiencing an increase in traffic after the London bombing, but nothing that the company isnt ready to handle.

      Ironically, on Wednesday night, she said they moved their data center to a “bigger, better, faster” facility in Dallas as part of its recent acquisition by Yahoo Inc.

      /zimages/6/28571.gifRead more here about Yahoos acquisition of Flickr.

      As for the photo sharing based on the London bombings, Fake said they saw similar surges in activity after the December 2004 tsunami and after the Jakarta embassy bombings in September 2004.

      “These kinds of surges in activity we plan in advance for,” she said. “We know, for instance, that after holidays, people will be loading a lot of photographs; after long weekends people will be uploading a lot of photographs.”

      After a large global event, though, she says most of the traffic comes from viewers rather than people uploading photo.

      “Its just like Paretos rule—that 20 percent of people will be contributing and 80 percent of the rest will be watching,” Fake said.

      Photo sharing and citizen journalists have had such an impact that the big news organizations are jumping in on the action as well. The London Times has urged readers to send in their personal photos by posting a link at the top of its site.

      /zimages/6/28571.gifRead the full story on PCMag.com: Flickr Pics Capture London Terror

      /zimages/6/28571.gifCheck out eWEEK.coms for the latest news, reviews and analysis on image editing and Web publishing tools.

      Libe Goad
      Get the Free Newsletter!
      Subscribe to Daily Tech Insider for top news, trends & analysis
      This email address is invalid.
      Get the Free Newsletter!
      Subscribe to Daily Tech Insider for top news, trends & analysis
      This email address is invalid.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Latest News

      Zeus Kerravala on Networking: Multicloud, 5G, and...

      James Maguire - December 16, 2022 0
      I spoke with Zeus Kerravala, industry analyst at ZK Research, about the rapid changes in enterprise networking, as tech advances and digital transformation prompt...
      Read more
      Applications

      Datadog President Amit Agarwal on Trends in...

      James Maguire - November 11, 2022 0
      I spoke with Amit Agarwal, President of Datadog, about infrastructure observability, from current trends to key challenges to the future of this rapidly growing...
      Read more
      Cloud

      IGEL CEO Jed Ayres on Edge and...

      James Maguire - June 14, 2022 0
      I spoke with Jed Ayres, CEO of IGEL, about the endpoint sector, and an open source OS for the cloud; we also spoke about...
      Read more
      IT Management

      Intuit’s Nhung Ho on AI for the...

      James Maguire - May 13, 2022 0
      I spoke with Nhung Ho, Vice President of AI at Intuit, about adoption of AI in the small and medium-sized business market, and how...
      Read more
      Applications

      Kyndryl’s Nicolas Sekkaki on Handling AI and...

      James Maguire - November 9, 2022 0
      I spoke with Nicolas Sekkaki, Group Practice Leader for Applications, Data and AI at Kyndryl, about how companies can boost both their AI and...
      Read more
      Logo

      eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site’s focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Advertisers

      Advertise with TechnologyAdvice on eWeek and our other IT-focused platforms.

      Advertise with Us

      Menu

      • About eWeek
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter
      • Latest News

      Our Brands

      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • About
      • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Sitemap
      • California – Do Not Sell My Information

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      © 2022 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×