Difference between revisions of "Blipfoto"
(Created page with "{{Infobox project | title = Blipfoto | logo = | image = | description = | URL = http://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/ | project_status = {{online}} | archiving_status = | sourc...") |
(Mass-edit to update uses of Template:IRC) |
||
| (24 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Infobox project | {{Infobox project | ||
| logo = PolaroidBlipFotoLogo.png | |||
| logo = | | image = polaroidblipfotocom-clipped.png | ||
| image = | | URL = https://www.blipfoto.com/ | ||
| URL = | |||
| project_status = {{online}} | | project_status = {{online}} | ||
| archiving_status = | | archiving_status = {{notsavedyet}} | ||
| | | irc = fotofinish | ||
| | | irc_network = EFnet | ||
| | | irc_abandoned = true | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Blipfoto''' is a cloud photo hosting service, established in 2004. The company | '''Blipfoto''' is a cloud photo hosting service, established in 2004.<ref>https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/how-blipfoto-is-growing-from-small-leith-beginnings-into-1bn-company-1-2769334</ref> The company went into liquidation on March 11 2015<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-31927236</ref> although the website continues to operate while a buyer is sought.<ref>https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2024545103963492314</ref> Described as "a major player in the Slow Web movement" <ref>https://cassandra.co/tech/2014/02/07/first-fridays-joe-tree-founder-and-ceo-of-blipfoto</ref>, Blipfoto is thought to encompass at least 3.4 million photos<ref>https://www.thenational.scot/news/14897152.concern-over-future-of-social-media-site-blipfoto/</ref> and 22 million comments.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blipfoto</ref> Blipfoto was bought around March 25, 2015 by Jeffrey Hecktman Chairman and CEO of Hilco Global and Bobby Sager a Director at Gordon Brothers. <ref>https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2027531207289340134</ref> Blipfoto was bought by Blipfuture CIC in February 2016.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blipfoto</ref> | ||
== | == Photos == | ||
Photos appear to be hosted on cloudfront.net URLs. Individual photo pages have numeric URLs like [[https://www. | Photos appear to be hosted on cloudfront.net URLs. Individual photo pages have numeric URLs like [[https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2024559920535307081 https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2024559920535307081]]. | ||
== Usernames == | |||
User pages exist in the form of [[https://www.blipfoto.com/Wendles56 https://www.blipfoto.com/Wendles56]] | |||
Chip's initial Google/DuckDuckGo/Yahoo scrapes sorted and uniq'd [[http://paste.nerds.io/raw/oxolaxaqiv http://paste.nerds.io/raw/oxolaxaqiv]] | |||
== Comments == | |||
Comments are loaded on scroll from /comments and are JSON formatted (not counting the while to prevent JSON Hijacking). e.g. [https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2019428284378382362/comments https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2019428284378382362/comments] | |||
== Tags == | |||
Photos can be tagged and retrieved via search - e.g. [[https://www.blipfoto.com/search/entries?q=%23bootees https://www.blipfoto.com/search/entries?q=%23bootees]]. A very small list of 'popular' tags is visible at [[https://www.blipfoto.com/tags https://www.blipfoto.com/tags]] | |||
== Places == | |||
Photos can be viewed by places - [[https://www.blipfoto.com/places https://www.blipfoto.com/places]] -- e.g. [[https://www.blipfoto.com/place/glasgow https://www.blipfoto.com/place/glasgow]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{Navigation box}} | |||
[[Category:Image hosting]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:54, 31 October 2021
| Blipfoto | |
| |
| |
| URL | https://www.blipfoto.com/ |
| Status | Online! |
| Archiving status | Not saved yet |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #archiveteam-bs (on hackint) (formerly #fotofinish (on EFnet)) |
Blipfoto is a cloud photo hosting service, established in 2004.[1] The company went into liquidation on March 11 2015[2] although the website continues to operate while a buyer is sought.[3] Described as "a major player in the Slow Web movement" [4], Blipfoto is thought to encompass at least 3.4 million photos[5] and 22 million comments.[6] Blipfoto was bought around March 25, 2015 by Jeffrey Hecktman Chairman and CEO of Hilco Global and Bobby Sager a Director at Gordon Brothers. [7] Blipfoto was bought by Blipfuture CIC in February 2016.[8]
Photos
Photos appear to be hosted on cloudfront.net URLs. Individual photo pages have numeric URLs like [https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2024559920535307081].
Usernames
User pages exist in the form of [https://www.blipfoto.com/Wendles56]
Chip's initial Google/DuckDuckGo/Yahoo scrapes sorted and uniq'd [http://paste.nerds.io/raw/oxolaxaqiv]
Comments
Comments are loaded on scroll from /comments and are JSON formatted (not counting the while to prevent JSON Hijacking). e.g. https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2019428284378382362/comments
Tags
Photos can be tagged and retrieved via search - e.g. [https://www.blipfoto.com/search/entries?q=%23bootees]. A very small list of 'popular' tags is visible at [https://www.blipfoto.com/tags]
Places
Photos can be viewed by places - [https://www.blipfoto.com/places] -- e.g. [https://www.blipfoto.com/place/glasgow]
References
- ↑ https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/how-blipfoto-is-growing-from-small-leith-beginnings-into-1bn-company-1-2769334
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-31927236
- ↑ https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2024545103963492314
- ↑ https://cassandra.co/tech/2014/02/07/first-fridays-joe-tree-founder-and-ceo-of-blipfoto
- ↑ https://www.thenational.scot/news/14897152.concern-over-future-of-social-media-site-blipfoto/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blipfoto
- ↑ https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2027531207289340134
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blipfoto