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Ipernity

February 3, 2008 by debbie T | Art and Graphics • Digital Photography • Flickr • Internet

Due to the impending doom of a Microsoft takeover of Yahoo and Flickr, I have been checking out other online photo sharing “communities”

I just found Ipernity, and hey, this could be an interesting alternative to Flickr. I will be checking it out for a few days. We’ll see how it compares in the long run, but so far it is VERY Flickrish!

http://www.ipernity.com/

Visit my Ipernity page: http://www.ipernity.com/home/debbiet/

I have a feeling that community sites like this will become much more popular in the very near future. Flickr members are in a panic and will be diligently searching for alternatives. I really hope Microsoft doesn’t take over Yahoo!!!

UPDATE: After playing in Ipernity for a couple of hours, I can honestly say I am enjoying myself, and this could have some potential as a Flickr replacement, at least for me.

What I like:
It looks and acts A LOT like Flicker. Groups have pools, the photo pages look the same, favorites are the same, there’s even Explored photos. But there are a few bits that are even better than Flickr. For one, there is an option to add video, blog posts. I also find the interface a bit more detailed. It is easy to track who is visiting your photo stream.

As for the upload process, it isn’t as easy as uploading from iPhoto, but there is an upload downloader (based on jUploadr):
http://www.ipernity.com/tour/iperupload

Fun Greasemonkey scripts to make life at Ipernity similar to Flickr: http://www.ipernity.com/apps/gm

Some favs:

Easy Photo Post
Import Flickr photos (either in full, or one at a time)
Add Referrer into Comments
IpernityFox – photo sidebar viewer similar to flickrfox.

I have found some interesting groups, uploaded a few photos, and time will tell if I will convert fully over to Ipernity. One big thing that is missing in Ipernity, is all my Flickr friends. Who knows, maybe eventually we all will be moving over to Ipernity or another online photo community!

There is one comment so far

  1. Thanks for taking the time to guide us along. I was booted by flickr because I shoot candid photography of people. Looking for scripts to use to enhance my experience at ipernity.

    Comment by Astral4 on August 22nd, 2008

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