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Originally Posted by entropy1980
Anyone have a specfic list of why I would want to jump ship from Flickr.
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I think the biggest difference between Flickr and Smugmug is that Flickr is much more about community - they have so many users, and so many people commenting, that it's a good place to post your photos and get comments on them. But because Flickr accounts are free, there's a lot of junk (porn, spam, etc.) and much of Flickr's community aren't photographers. Don't get me wrong, I've seen some amazing work on Flickr and there are a LOT of very talented people on Flickr...but Smugmug is a very different beast because there are no free accounts.
Everyone on Smugmug is there because they're willing to pay for a service to post and share their pictures - that right there it attracts a very different type of person. Not "better", just different. Smugmug is more about being able to control your pictures, the way they're shared, they way they're printed, etc. Smugmug is more...intimate somehow than Flickr. I personally really enjoy the customization abilities of Smugmug - I couldn't get my photo gallery to look like my blog if it was up on Flickr.
Basically, just pick whatever works best for your needs. :-)