Flickr Makes Me Cry *sigh*

If you are a content creator and post photos of your products with a link to your store on your Flickr account, you really should read this.

Ok, here is the dealio. Flickr deactivated my account WITHOUT WARNING. After weeks of writing them, I finally get a reply today saying that they purposely deactivated it because I was in violation of TOS.

"Don’t use Flickr for commercial purposes. Flickr is for personal use only. If we find you selling products, services, or yourself through your photostream, we will terminate your account." Ok, I wasn't selling anything...I was displaying my products which I've seen hundreds of content creators do, but ok.

So now I have created a new account "ZellyMornington" and a new group called Striking Poses in a Virtual World. I'm so sorry, but if you were a member of my old group, you will need to join this new one as the old one is dead.

Here is the link to the new group:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/striking-poses/

EDIT: I asked Flickr if I could appeal this decision and was told that once an account is deactivated it is completely wiped from their database. So be careful if you use Flickr to post your creations...once your account is gone, it's gone. :(