Very funny letter. Obviously, a humorous guy. > From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 07:48:20 -0800 (PST) > > > To: "Noelle" <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> > > Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:35:18 +0000 > > From: "The Flickr Team" <http://www.arrow.flickr.com/~flickrteam> > > > > Flickr—the world’s most-beloved, > > money-losing business—needs your help. > > � > > � � > > � �> > �� > > > > � > > � > > <https://www.flickr.com?utm_source=Flickr&utm_medium=email> > > > > Dear Flickr Pros, > > > > First, and above all else: thank you. Thank you for being a part > > of our community. Thank you for caring about Flickr. Thank you > > for supporting Flickr. Thank you for being a Flickr Pro. > > > > Two years ago, Flickr was losing tens of millions of dollars a > > year. Our company, SmugMug, stepped in torescue it from being > > shut down < > > https://www.vox.com/2019/1/23/18194865/verizon-layoffs-aol-yahoo-shutdown-fli > > ckr> and to save tens of billions of your precious photos from > > being erased. > > > > Why? We’ve spent 17 years lovingly building our > > company into a thriving, family-owned and -operated business > > that cares deeply about photographers. SmugMug has always been > > the place for photographers to showcase their photography, and > > we’ve long admired how Flickr has been the community > > where they connect with each other. We couldn’t stand > > by and watch Flickr vanish. > > > > So we took a big risk, stepped in, and saved Flickr. Together, > > we created the world’s largest photographer-focused > > community: a place where photographers can stand outand fit in. > > > > And yet, Flickr—the world’s most-beloved, > > money-losing business—still needs your help. > > > > We’ve been hard at work improving Flickr. We hired an > > excellent, large staff of Support Heroes who now deliver support > > with an average customer satisfaction rating of above 90%. We > > got rid of Yahoo’s login. We moved the platform and > > every photo to Amazon Web Services (AWS), the industry leader in > > cloud computing, and modernized its technology along the way. As > > a result, pages are already 20% faster and photos load 30% more > > quickly. Platform outages, including Pandas, are way > > down. Flickr continues to get faster and more stable, and > > important new features are being built once again. > > > > Our work is never done, but we’ve made tremendous > > progress. > > > > Flickr still needs your help. It’s still losing > > money. You, and hundreds of thousands of loyal Flickr members > > stepped up and joined Flickr Pro, for which we are eternally > > grateful. It’s losing a lot less money than it > > was. But it’s not yet making enough. > > > > We need more Flickr Pro members if we want to keep the Flickr > > dream alive, and we need your help to share the story of Flickr. > > > > We didn’t buy Flickr because we thought it was a cash > > cow. Unlike platforms like Facebook, we also didn’t > > buy it to invade your privacy and sell your data. We bought it > > because we love photographers, we love photography, and we > > believe Flickr deserves not only to live on but thrive. We think > > the world agrees; and we think the Flickr community does, > > too. But we cannot continue to operate it at a loss as > > we’ve been doing. > > > > Flickr is the world’s largest photographer-focused > > community. It’s the world’s best way to > > find great photography and connect with amazing photographers. > > Flickr hosts some of the world’s most iconic, most > > priceless photos, freely available to the entire world. This > > community is home to more than 100 million accounts and tens of > > billions of photos. It serves billions of photos every single > > day. It’s huge. It’s a priceless treasure > > for the whole world. And it costs money to operate. Lots of > > money. > > > > As you know, Flickr is the best value in photo sharing anywhere > > in the world. Flickr Pro members get ad-free browsing for > > themselves and their visitors, advanced stats,unlimited > > full-quality storage for all their photos, plus premium features > > and access to the world’s largest > > photographer-focused community. > > > > Please, help us spread the word. Help us make Flickr > > thrive. Help us ensure Flickr has a bright future. Every Flickr > > Pro subscription goes directly to keeping Flickr alive and > > creating great new experiences for photographers like you. We > > are building lots of great things for the Flickr community, but > > we need your help. We can do this together. > > > > We’re launching our end-of-year Pro subscription > > campaign on Thursday, December 26, but I want to give you a > > coupon code to share with friends, family, or anyone who shares > > your love of photography and community so they can enjoy the > > same 25% discount before the campaign starts. > > > > We’ve gone to great lengths to optimize Flickr for > > cost savings wherever possible, but the increasing cost of > > operating this enormous community and continuing to invest in > > its future will require a small price increase early in the new > > year, so this is truly the very best time to help everyone > > upgrade to a Pro membership. > > > > If you value Flickr finally being independent, built for > > photographers and by photographers, we need your help. > > > > With gratitude, > > > > Don MacAskill > > Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Geek > > SmugMug + Flickr > > > > Please share coupon code 25in2019 or link below to give the gift > > of 25% off Flickr Pro now. > > > > https://www.flickr.com/account/upgrade/pro?coupon=25in2019