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The Users Are Revolting

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com">Flickr </a>has recently introduced content filters, allowing users more control over what images they view, and to ensure that they don't get nasty surprises by accidently viewing some of the more adult images that are hosted. However, while this is a useful option, the option of turning it off has been removed in Germany, which means that those users are unable to see images that users from other countries can. This has led to some very unhappy users indeed, drawing parallels with recent situations with some other high profile Web 2.0 companies.</p> <p><a href="http://searchengineland.com/070621-072614.php">Click to continue reading...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=cO0Y5QOa"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=cO0Y5QOa" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=D7yfw8Od"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=D7yfw8Od" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=yAwfA5HD"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=yAwfA5HD" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=314phKEQ"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=314phKEQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=oTnb2qLT"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=oTnb2qLT" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=SD9G6wFq"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=SD9G6wFq" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=5xIny53S"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=5xIny53S" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=0Wyi0Ko8"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=0Wyi0Ko8" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=ku9U3PXo"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=ku9U3PXo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=P0lRlsj7"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=P0lRlsj7" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=50oONMQw"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=50oONMQw" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=ORgTw8L1"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=ORgTw8L1" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=8W9zjhVL"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=8W9zjhVL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=0Wyi0Ko8"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=0Wyi0Ko8" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=bKPPkPVV"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=bKPPkPVV" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=YVNdjv9N"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=YVNdjv9N" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?a=HoXr2cNW"><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~f/searchengineland?i=HoXr2cNW" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.searchengineland.com/~r/searchengineland/~4/126690975" height="1" width="1"/>

Flickr has recently introduced content filters, allowing users more control over what images they view, and to ensure that they don’t get nasty surprises by accidently viewing some of the more adult images that are hosted. However, while this is a useful option, the option of turning it off has been removed in Germany, which means that those users are unable to see images that users from other countries can. This has led to some very unhappy users indeed, drawing parallels with recent situations with some other high profile Web 2.0 companies.

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