Comments on: content, tagging and community on flickr http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2007/05/21/content-tagging-and-community-on-flickr/ open source software innovation support centre Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ross Gardler http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2007/05/21/content-tagging-and-community-on-flickr/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Ross Gardler Mon, 21 May 2007 10:56:15 +0000 http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/2007/05/21/content-tagging-and-community-on-flickr/#comment-62 "It seems to me that if content is going to be reused, it needs to be good enough and easy enough to find." This is an interesting statement. I completely agree with it and feel it applies to all content, not just photographs. I would like to emphasise the <b>good enough</b> part. For me the big advantage of community, that is the part of flikr that Stuart feels he has "benefited on several occasions from technical photographic advice", is that they can take something that is "good enough" and make it even better. For example, consider Stuarts photo that is "blighted by powerlines crossing the landscape". Any community member could take this photo and retouch it to remove the power lines. All too often our outputs sit hidden away because they are only "good enough" rather than "perfect". “It seems to me that if content is going to be reused, it needs to be good enough and easy enough to find.”

This is an interesting statement. I completely agree with it and feel it applies to all content, not just photographs.

I would like to emphasise the good enough part. For me the big advantage of community, that is the part of flikr that Stuart feels he has “benefited on several occasions from technical photographic advice”, is that they can take something that is “good enough” and make it even better.

For example, consider Stuarts photo that is “blighted by powerlines crossing the landscape”. Any community member could take this photo and retouch it to remove the power lines.

All too often our outputs sit hidden away because they are only “good enough” rather than “perfect”.

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