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FLICKR, one of the world’s leading online photo-sharing
communities, launched today flickr.com in seven additional languages
to help the global Flickr community more easily explore, find,
manage and share photos. With over half of the members already using
Flickr in regions outside the United States, this new language
support will help these people and more to join its global
community.
“Flickr has established itself as the eyes of
the world, with millions of people all over the planet sharing
photos of every imaginable aspect of life,” said Stewart
Butterfield, general manager of Flickr at Yahoo! “Today, we’re
expanding our language support to make that dialogue easier and to
connect those who may not speak the same language, but who share the
same passions.”
Flickr fosters connections and interaction among
the online community to encourage the sharing and discovery of what
people see and experience in their everyday lives. Whether
communicating with friends and family, conversing about shared
interests, or capturing breaking news, members can upload and share
photos from anywhere at anytime. Now, with multiple languages
supported, members can traverse language barriers to participate in
one of the fastest growing online communities and share, explore and
discover over 525 million photos taken by the members from all over
the world.
To celebrate this milestone, Flickr will host a
series of global community events starting this month in Berlin,
Paris, London and Montreal. It will also unveil its 24 Hours of
Flickr commemorative book illustrating life as it happened around
the world in one day.
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