Cnow: Like Flickr, But Photo Sets Are Public

Written by Luyi Chen on August 18, 2007
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CnowBack in April, I received an email from a friend introducing me Cnow. At that time, the service hasn’t launched. I was invited to contribute some topics for initial photo sets.

The point of the service is to create public photo sets with meaningful and interesting topic. Then, invite the world to contribute to the photo set.

Unlike Flickr tags, which are used by strangers with or without the same meaning in their mind, a Cnow topic set is planned in advance with a clear goal writing on its landing page.

So far, the idea sounds interesting right? I particularly like Highway61’s review, “Life is not lack of ideas but inspiration in action.”

This is certainly a creative initiative. The only problem is that it won’t be a big business. It is even hard to be sustainable.

The idea will be stolen by mainstream photo sharing sites easily. What if Flickr rolls out a feature that users can add photos into a public set with just one click?

Currently the only way to add photos is by uploading. But the world is connected. Letting users import photos from other photo storage service would be a good idea. And photo storage is expensive. That’s why I think it’s unsustainable. Or maybe they should try Amazon S3.

The team behind the service is Cnex, a non-profit organization including members from mainland China, Hongkong and Taiwan.

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2 Responses to “Cnow: Like Flickr, But Photo Sets Are Public”

  1. Alex on August 18th, 2007 5:20 pm

    I think this is a great idea! Why is it not sustainable? There are unlimited topics in the world to take pictures on and to share. Congratulations to the cnex team!

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