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June 12, 2008

View random Flickr streams on Friendfeed.

Posted by : Mike Fruchter

Filed under : flickr, friendfeed

The one thing I’m starting to enjoy more and more on Friendfeed is image streams. It definitely adds color to Friendfeed’s ghostly white background. By using Freindfeed’s public service links, you can tap in to the true power of Flickr. The public Flickr link shows all Flickr streams that are being shared in real time. The beauty of it is, it’s completely random. Refresh the page every few minutes and there is no telling what you will see.

Friendfeed public Flickr url.

http://friendfeed.com/public?service=flickr

You can also use the Flickr rss url and plug that into your feed reader of choice.

http://friendfeed.com/public?service=flickr&format=atom

If random Flickr feeds are not your taste, then check out these highly recommended streams.

Michael Hocter - http://friendfeed.com/desaturated?service=flickr
Thomas Hawk - http://friendfeed.com/thomashawk?service=flick
Brian Auer - http://friendfeed.com/auer1816?service=flickr
Chris Nixon - http://friendfeed.com/chrisnixon?service=flickr
Bluechameleon - http://friendfeed.com/bluechameleon?service=flickr
Jim Goldstein - http://friendfeed.com/jimg?service=flickr
Cmiper - http://friendfeed.com/cmiper?service=flickr
AcmePhoto - http://friendfeed.com/acmephoto?service=flickr
Raoul Pop - http://friendfeed.com/raoul?service=flickr
JA Castillo - http://friendfeed.com/castillo?service=flickr

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Michael Hocter 5 months ago 1 point
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While the way FriendFeed groups photos is probably more pleasing in terms of presentation, I really want to be able to comment on and like photos individually. (I know I can do it on Flickr, but the conversation is just so much better on FriendFeed.) It would be a killer feature for me if they ever do that.

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Darren Daz Cox 5 months ago 1 point
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I hope artists aren't given the second class citizen treatment here too!

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color_chart 1 week ago 1 point
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hey i never noticed that feature before... thanks for the heads up :)

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June 12, 2008 at 3:36 am Tim Hoeck

I've noticed this as well, I never was one to scan through flickr, but it's hard to resist it when you see a good set of photos pop out at you.
June 12, 2008 at 3:39 am Thomas Hawk

FriendFeed is one of the best ways to browse flickr. The beautiful thing about it is that it doesn't limit you to the last 1 or 5 photos from your contacts AND it includes faves. Awesome.
June 12, 2008 at 3:43 am Mike Reynolds

I agree, images add a lot. They also provide a nice marker for scanning - I'll hide pics after viewing so that new pics really stand out.
June 12, 2008 at 3:48 am Michael Hocter

Thanks again for listing me. Now I'm a little embarrassed that I haven't actually published any of my own photos in a while. I'll get right on that. :)
June 12, 2008 at 4:35 am Zulu

It is a good idea, I'm always a sucker for random imagery.
June 12, 2008 at 4:50 am BCK

very cool idea, I've also found Google Reader to be another fun one to do
June 12, 2008 at 1:57 pm Mike Fruchter

It's quite fun some times to catch a glimer on whats being shared in real time in the public stream. Google reader is fun too. Here are some more to play with.
June 12, 2008 at 1:57 pm Mike Fruchter

http://friendfeed.com/public?service=stumbleupon http://friendfeed.com/public?service=blog http://friendfeed.com/public?service=googlereader http://friendfeed.com/public?service=flickr http://friendfeed.com/public?service=digg

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