You have helped me out a few years ago. ( permalink Posted 79 months ago. :(
Posted 79 months ago. Usually there is some info given when an account is deleted by staff. ), I would guess that their main argument would be that while the account isn't deleted, the original photos would be accessible by hard links. Posted ages ago. The yahoo I used to sign into flickr has long been deleted. If the account needs to be restored, they remove the invisible flag and re-enable the account. Get 24/7 live expert help with your Yahoo needs—from email and passwords, technical questions, mobile email and more. ), rianflynn the occasional add-in i purchased the rights to use from stock. I will second to what The searcher said. Also, what is safe search ? On some people's wishlist? Posted ages ago. If it's not stored here, Flickr doesn't care. Click on the Forgot password?
Posted ages ago. With a simple description. Rian Flynn
This includes other people's photos ( permalink If i was doing something wrong it would have been nice to be emailed about it. Something not right. ) If none of that matters then no worries, gone is gone and no harm done. While Rian's images were still sitting there, in hiding. Posted ages ago. Innocent G rated photos can become Moderate or even restricted within a set context. I have poked the beast on numerous occasions and been extensively involved in the Flickr adult community. Is this not his account? :-) Because I did not really understand the rules, guidelines. Flickr deleted my Pro Account with no warning...Do NOT Believe Their Marketing that it is a safe backup . AND FAST! That's probably fine then. Confirm that you want to delete your account by clicking OK – Next. www.RianFlynn.com
The second happens the same way but in reverse, a deletion on Yahoo results in a recommendation to scrub the Flickr account to. (Excuse me gotta go to the bathroom.) Posted ages ago. my photos are posted on hundreds of blogs with deep links and no back-links.
Besides, content "not yours" usually falls under Flickr's "we won't do anything unless someone issues a takedown notice" which 1: wouldn't happen in this case because he licensed the images and 2: wouldn't lead to account deletion, it would lead to the specific images being removed. ), Flickr's "public statement" as to why customers don't get a warning email is right in the Community Guidelines. ), TH - rianflynn said he was ok with getting the "old url back"
Video processing is A LOT slower than before and in most cases fails in the end. No one else needs it, so don't hand it over even if someone asks. Yesterday, Flickr inadvertently deleted a member’s account. ), Dr. Keats
At the moment the process that deletes photos is very backed up. Posted ages ago. Also, if all of the photos were watermarked with a commercial site URL, that could be another part of the problem. I likewise have had Flickr accounts deleted fir bad behavior but it did not trickle ok very to Yahoo. ) ), You're dead on about that pattern except the bottom 2/3rds. Thank you for the help. What if he wasn't lucky? One of my photos just hit 20,000 views! ( permalink The posts were on Fredmiranda.com/forum/ and i didn't link back. i don't do that, but other people do. That also can be very confusing. ( permalink In the best interest of the user yesterday, we closed those threads. Posted ages ago. I always sign into Flickr using my gmail account. an effort to obtain the best answer. ), add: "tags", "sets", "collections", "favorites" to your list! yes, it's a big site, and the 5,000 new photos and videos uploaded per minute sounds daunting. congratulations! I have started a plan to inventory my flickr photos and make sure they are completely backed up. I'm ok just starting over, but can i have my old url back? ( permalink Flickr is a customer-friendly. Staff will be able to tell you if that was the case. ( permalink I have tried on numerous occasions and succeeded in getting my account deleted. Posted ages ago. www.flickr.com/help/with/other/ Help By Email system and ask if you were violating the Community Guidelines, and if so, which one(s). For instance of someone shoots young girls secretly in public, and say they're just a "street photographer" and it's innocent. It says "accounts may be deleted without warning." Since you said you're not working on that feature, I'd highly suggest that the team start because at the rate this is going, people are going to start being afraid to post their photos on Flickr and will go to other websites. Posted ages ago. ( permalink All being said, i understand the mistake and i am happy with the way flickr handled this one. . Normally if you violate some rule here on Flickr it's just your Flickr account that goes, not your Yahoo account. Posted ages ago. If the number is less than 5 (despite the 5,000 new photos uploaded a minute) it would seem that sending out 5 warning emails would not in fact be a substantive work load increase for someone. Posted ages ago. [edit to add:]
), Yes, those are the community guidelines. Help for your Yahoo Account Select the product you need help with and find a solution Yahoo questions? Guidelines. Whatever i did wrong i will happily stop doing! It is inevitable that people make mistakes, we all do. ), rianflynn the occasional add-in i purchased the rights to use from stock. ) Why aren't 'deleted' accounts held for 14 days before they are purged? :( Its not that hard to start over. No one ever needs your password to help you get your account straightened out. As The Searcher and jakerome suggest, there is some flexibility when you're using other people's stuff as elements of your own creations. All the photos were in fact mine! Those are the quick and concise steps for how to delete your Flickr account, but maybe you need a little more guidance. As of today, you have two options: Keep your photos up and pay for a Pro account ($50/year). Is it still a mistake and if so why not address it? someone licking an ice cream, become moderate or restricted by staff due to sexually explicit language in comments beneath the photo? MabelAmber® ***Pluto5339*** Queen of Streetshots:
Posted ages ago. I also personally reached out to that user whose threads we closed in order to bump the case up the food chain here. ( permalink I had hundreds of thousands of views, i was on the front page of explore a few times and I was an active member of many groups! Posted ages ago. I had a pro account also which doesn't really mean much. Posted ages ago. www.flickr.com/photos/rianflynn/
), kathynails867:
It'd be a pain for the person who got their account back, but it'd be better than losing the account altogether.
Sign up here. Go to Flickr.com; Click your icon in the upper left corner of your Flickr and click Settings. I would recommend: Just post photos. Nothing after it was deleted either. Can I be given a reasonable explaination outside of a generic letter, so this won't happen again. Posted ages ago. ), I'm not sure what you mean by store? This way i dont have to redo all the links in my website and what not.
( permalink Does it have more than 1,000 photos? If you're having difficulty understanding the Flickr Community Guidelines and how they are applied to accounts with adult content, you may want to check out this group:
Regardless of what occurs with the OP's account, there appears to be something unique about the "deletion" compared to even the most recent similar account deletions. So if this isn't a fluke, it could just be that this is a very recent change, and Flickr just hasn't gotten around to advertising it yet. ), loupiote (Old Skool)
You can either delete your Flickr Account permanently or you can temporarily deactivate your Flickr account with the help of Flickr parent site which is Yahoo. ( permalink Posted ages ago. Posted ages ago. Posted ages ago. ), riyanflynn
How about a little more transparency? Posted ages ago. no no i'm not just posting images i purchased. Thank you for clarifying. Confirm that you want to delete your account by clicking OK – Next. Even if Flickr does actually possess the ability to restore accounts, they'd be unlikely to use it in your case because then it would prove that they could do it for others as well. ), A "holding pen" for deleted accounts has been requested many times - at one point, a Staff member even said it was being implemented... ), Maybe they're beta testing the new account undeletion feature. ( permalink ( permalink Flickr is a customer-friendly. Posted ages ago. They usually give it 4-5 attempts and getting it right, but staff has refused to say how many times it takes to get permanently set to Restricted/Unsafe. It cannot receive or send emails. How to delete individual photos or videos Click on the photo or video you wish to delete. That's awesome, Rian. Posted ages ago. ( permalink We have heard your feedback about that here, and in the past, and we know it is on some people's wish list, but it's not something that we are working on currently". They did lose my photos. In the help section of Flickr, it says: "If your free account is inactive for 90 consecutive days, it may be deleted." Posted ages ago. To lose all that at the whim of some underling in the censorship division terrifies me. Posted ages ago. If you delete your Yahoo account, the Flickr account associated with that account will be deleted as well. You can either delete your Flickr Account permanently or you can temporarily deactivate your Flickr account with the help of Flickr parent site which is Yahoo. Hit the "Delete your Flickr account" link located in the "Your Flickr Account" section. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ), Lú_:
staff have access if they need it. How to delete your Flickr account on your iPhone or iPad Launch the Flickr app on your iPhone or iPad. link in the next screen that appears to send yourself a password reset email. ( permalink Posted 79 months ago. Thanks! Like. The CG talk about images you have created yourself, not images that you have a license to use. ).
Posted 79 months ago. This thread has been closed by Flickr Staff. ), All my photos were set as restricted and my videos as moderate and I know the guidelines very well for videos. These pics were shirtless guys (not porn!) ), sweet distin
Ugh. Thanks for clarifying. check it:
Not rigid requirements. I'd love nothing more than to hear them articulate that they actually can.
), Plus it's probably bad PR to draw a lot of attention to the fact that Flickr might have deleted an account for no discernible reason, or the wrong reason (as Flores was given yesterday by Flickr staff) -- especially when Flickr has no way to restore accounts once they delete them -- something Stewart Butterfield said was a "mistake" almost three years ago. I have tried emailing CS, but i haven't gotten a response! ( permalink ), or maybe it triggered some automatic account deletion process. I think it's time for Flickr's TOS to become more 2010. Posted 79 months ago.
loupiote (Old Skool) pro edited this topic ages ago. Before you proceed, keep in mind that... Edit photos in the Flickr app. ), I'm very confused. Posted ages ago. Posted 79 months ago. Posted ages ago. not nearly as bad as it could have been and it looks like I dont have to worry about pro until 2013
Press on your username at the upper right-hand corner of the page to find the account settings page. View Entire Discussion (2 Comments) More posts from the flickr community. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone. Under Web Address, click delete your Flickr account.
I was thinking of getting another Pro account for what it's worth,but wont do that until I hear from Flickr staff as to excatly what I did wrong. Posted ages ago. Thomas Hawk edited this topic ages ago. We consider security a top priority. Maybe it's just some of them? Posted 79 months ago. From now on, Flickr will only host 1,000 photos for free, and if you have more than that uploaded to the site, it will stop displaying them. ), Nina Pearman: Not usually no. Could also be a database fluke/bug, but that's what the crossing fingers is for. i thought that in that case. Posted ages ago. 2. Sometimes the speculation is just wrong. I just want to make sure this won't happen again. I asked them to restore my account temporarily in order that i could download them but was informed that entire collection deleted from server. ), rianflynn I hope so too rainflynn, but I suspect you are likely screwed here. ( permalink You really have to tweak someone hard to get scrubbed. Keep in mind that when you delete either your Flickr or Yahoo account, you'll also be deleting your login information and would have to re-register in order to begin again. ( permalink Posted ages ago.
This would involve no programming resources whatsoever, is simply a policy change, and seems like a fair request given your track record for bad account deletions and you're unwillingness to consider an account recovery option. Like. I really appreciate all your responses here! All seems well now as she went through all my photos and videos. Posted ages ago. I sure would hate to see my photostream that I've worked hundreds if not thousands of hours on get deleted simply because some blogger somewhere posted one of my photos without linking back to Flickr. ), Unlike the paranoid ramblings of some, I see no reason why Flickr would want to hide the fact that it has a capability to restore deleted accounts, if in fact it can do that. Not the community hard & fast rules. ), Well i dont think this topic is getting heated. ( permalink ), The Searcher:
), I'm pretty disappointed to hear that the 'holding pen' idea seems no longer to be on the to-do list. Scroll down until you get to the bottom of the page. mhhh... assuming that all the photos are his work and he did not infringe on anyone else's copyright, it would seem pretty strange. i was never told that was a problem, and it's the case with a number of flickr users. www.rianflynn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a... farm4.static.flickr.com/3098/3159331610_ba27336572_b.jpg, farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2669267547_66b12c65fa_b.jpg, farm4.static.flickr.com/3614/3656503484_880444f3fc_b.jpg, www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/54689/page2/#reply309440, www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/80850/#reply511487. And when the account was reactivated, the photos were still there. Didn't Stewart Butterfield say it was a "mistake" not to have a mechanism to recover deleted photos almost 3 years ago? Posted ages ago. Also, if pressing a button to send an automated warning email is simply "too much work" for Flickr prior to deleting accounts, how about agreeing to warn paying Pro account users which probably represent less than 2% of the users on the site. But as BU said above, the only way you'll ever know is to use the
It would be nice to hear from Flickr staff as to exactly what their capabilities are in this regard and when they've had them as in the past they've indicated that they are unable to restore deleted accounts. ( permalink ), TH: the difference is, your guy's images are gone. but then, if that was an issue, flickr should have just asked him to change his username. ), haha :) i see! Posted ages ago. A bunch of images showing a pattern, could be a problem. Posted ages ago. It's not that staff are uncomfortable, it's that someone has reported your account for not following the rules. To quote the guy in the other thread talking about the lake he was standing in: "Huge." ( permalink Flickr staff have had to complete the removal process by kicking the tires in a couple cases. I hope they really do have an undeletion feature. ), Hi all,
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