Flickr’s done away with NIPSA. Hallelujah.

For those of you who do no know, NIPSA was a flag that Flickr gave to users who were uploading questionable content, including non-photographic content. It stood for Not In Public Site Areas. If a user was marked as NIPSA, his photos/uploads would not display in groups to which he might belong, among other things. Now, as long as you “Make sure that all your content is categorized correctly (photos flagged as photos, screenshots as screenshots etc)” you are good to go.

When I decided to use Flickr as a showcase for my artwork, I created a new Flickr account specifically for the artwork so that my regular pro Flickr account would not be compromised with a NIPSA flag. With the new rules in place, I was able to move all of the images from the newly created account to my standard account without fear of reprisal.

Thankfully, Flickr thinks we are all stupid, and has a few “are you sure” screens forcing the user to commit to deleting his account.

Be sure to drop by my Flickr account to see my work and to peruse some of my snapshots.