This article details some of the issues we encountered with Yahoo. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;5910223&#x2F;how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-the-internet" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gizmodo.com&#x2F;5910223&#x2F;how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-...</a><p>I would add though, that Flickr Mobile (which I worked on a little) was considered one of the best mobile websites ever made. However, because a certain executive had managed to get control of all of Yahoo&#x27;s mobile experiences, we weren&#x27;t allowed to innovate with mobile too much.<p>When a native Flickr app was finally released, I was no longer at Flickr. But I heard that it had been developed by a different team at Yahoo, and was a complete surprise to Flickr upon launch. The new app hit the &quot;random&quot; API so hard for their login screen, to the Flickr staff, it looked like a DDOS.<p>But I think we all missed on the opportunity mobile offered because we were trying to shrink Flickr into a mobile site. Flickr was designed for serendipity and rich experiences. If you were a creative person, looking to participate in a planetary social-cultural conversation, it was incredible.<p>Meanwhile, Facebook made photos into an accessory for the average person&#x27;s social life. For creative people and dabblers, Instagram offered the best mobile experience; it worked with the constraints of the platform and even turned those into features.<p>Something of this dichotomy is still playing out with Twitter and Facebook taking opposite poles. Although it looks like Twitter has finally given up and decided that it&#x27;s a Kardashian photo delivery system or something.