I have been waiting to post this, even though it is old news, just so I can be sure that what I am saying is correct.
Flickr.com started in February of 2004. On November 13th, the 2 billionth photo was posted on this site – only 3 years and 9 months later. That is a TON of photos the world is sharing! Very impressive. Even more impressive, in my estimation, however, is that the 1 billionth photo happened on or very near August 4th (not a very impressive picture, however), only 3 months and 10 daysish earlier.
There is a momentum that is happening. More of us are getting used to this type of sharing. As we do, we want to LEARN! We will EXPECT to learn when we want it and in the amount we want – and we will want to share our information. Truth be told, we already do- well, some do and some don’t. It is up to us to appease the appetites of those who do and help those who don’t to share appropriate information so we all can learn.
