'The real nature of the web is as a connecting force... it's returning to what it was originally intended to be' Caterina Fake

摘要

Echoing the optimism of early Nineties web culture, Flickr sprung onto the scene in 2004 and became the defining Web 2.0 app. Christian Hall caught up with co-founder Caterina Fake and discovered what the future holds for Flickr. Whenever Flickr is mentioned people aren't talking so much about a website, or even a web app, they're talking about an institution - a Web 2.0 institution. In just over two years Flickr has grown to a user base of four million and propelled 37-year-old Caterina Fake into Time magazine's '100 Most Influential People in the World' list - not bad considering Flickr was nearly an online game rather than the photosharing phenomenon it has become.