Fresh on the heels of Yahoo!'s acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo! has implemented a complete redesign of Flickr.com . This was met with some strong criticism as well as strong praise , a lot of which has been attributed to Yahoo!'s new leader, Marissa Mayer . In this article, we will talk about the design decisions and some of the implementation details in the redesign, and we will open some conversation about Yahoo!'s acquisition of Tumblr. Built for Photography Enthusiasts The role of Flickr is often questioned by critics of Yahoo!, as Facebook surpassed it as the most popular online photo uploading service. In this redesign of Flickr, we see an interesting set of priorities reflected, which we will discuss in this section. These priorities reflect that Flickr is targeting an audience of photography enthusiasts. The Home Page Image Choices By looking at a random selection of photos from Facebook, you will most likely see a collection of friends-at-the-beach or "selfie" photos
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