Flickr introduced support for videos and many of its users are going nuts. They claim the ancestral spirit of Flickr has been violated, since it was meant to be a site for photographers only. I heard some people deleted their Flickr accounts just because of videos. Are you kidding me?

I’ve asked some of my friends on Flickr (most of them are professional photographers) whether they would move to another service because of the new features. They all answered that they don’t give a damn about videos because Flickr is the best site around for photos and pros are all on it. And guess what, I believe they are right.

Moreover, I think videos could be very useful to photographers; they might use them to explain certain things about their photos, interview a model, show how they built up a set.

If you don’t like videos on Flickr simply don’t do them and stop the fuss.