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{{short description|Image-sharing website}}
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| name = Fotki
| name = Fotki
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| commercial = Yes
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Photo sharing|photo]]/ [[video sharing]] and media networking
| type = [[Photo sharing|photo]]/ [[video sharing]] and media networking
| registration =
| owner = Fotki, Inc
| owner = Fotki, Inc
| language = [[English language|English]]<br />[[French language|French]] <br />[[Brazilian Portuguese]]<br />[[Russian language|Russian]]<br />[[Chinese Simplified|Chinese]] (simplified)<br />[[German language|German]]<br />[[French language|French]]<br />[[Italian language|Italian]]<br />[[Estonian language|Estonian]]<br />[[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]<br />[[Latvian language|Latvian]]<br />[[Dutch language|Dutch]]<br />[[Polish language|Polish]]<br />[[Malay language|Malay]]<br />[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]<br />[[Spanish language|Spanish]]<br />[[Japanese language|Japanese]]
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| author = Fotki, Inc
| author = Fotki, Inc
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1998}}
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1998}}
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'''Fotki''' is a digital [[photo sharing]], video sharing and media [[social network]] [[website]] and [[web service]] suite; it is one of the world's largest social networking sites.<ref>{{cite web
'''Fotki''' is a digital [[photo sharing]], video sharing and media [[social network]] [[website]] and [[web service]] suite; it is one of the world's largest social networking sites.<ref name="Killerstartups-2007">{{cite web
|title=Fotki.com is one of the world's largest social networking sites
|title=Fotki.com is one of the world's largest social networking sites
|work=Killerstartups.com
|work=Killerstartups.com
|url=http://www.killerstartups.com/Social-Networking/fotki--Photo-Portal/
|url=http://www.killerstartups.com/Social-Networking/fotki--Photo-Portal/
|accessdate=2007-08-31
|access-date=2007-08-31
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011111036/http://killerstartups.com/Social-Networking/fotki--Photo-Portal/
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011111036/http://killerstartups.com/Social-Networking/fotki--Photo-Portal/
|archivedate=2007-10-11
|archive-date=2007-10-11
|url-status=dead
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> As an [[image hosting service]], Fotki licenses photo-sharing software for global companies such as Telecom Italia, Alice.it, [[Sears]], Mark Travel, Vegas.com, and Funjet.com, among others.<ref name="nextWeb-2008">{{cite news
}}</ref> In many ways, the site appears to be similar to the majority of other popular photo sites which support a number of so-called [[Web 2.0]] features, such as use of [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]], [[Tag (metadata)|tagging]], [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] feeds, [[social bookmarking]], [[GPS]] location information and [[Exif]] info display.
| title = Fotki.com powers world's giants with Photo Engines

| work = Toivo Tänavsuu, [[Next Web]]
The service offers unlimited storage space for [[digital images]] to Premium (i.e., paid) account holders and also to free account holders in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia. It also offers [[blogging]] (similar to [[LiveJournal]] or [[Blogger (service)|Blogger]]), online printing and selling of prints at custom prices, as well as [[email]] and [[co-branding]].

Fotki [[community]] tools allow tagging photos and videos, detailed [[User profile|profiling]], saving and organizing links, as well as photo and member search using [[folksonomy|folksonomic]] tools.

Fotki is licensing photo-sharing software for many global companies, such as Telecom Italia, Alice.it, Sears, Mark Travel, Vegas.com, Funjet.com etc.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Fotki.com powers world’s giants with Photo Engines
| work = Toivo Tänavsuu, Next Web
| date = 2008-10-10
| date = 2008-10-10
| url = http://thenextweb.org/2008/10/10/fotkicom-powers-worlds-giants-with-photo-engines/
| url = http://thenextweb.org/2008/10/10/fotkicom-powers-worlds-giants-with-photo-engines/
| accessdate = 2008-10-23 }}</ref>
| access-date = 2008-10-23 }}</ref>

As of January 2011, Fotki claimed to have over 1 million 600 thousand registered members from 241 countries and hosted over a billion digital images.<ref name="fotski-2011">[http://about.fotki.com/details Fotki "Timeline And Details" page]</ref> It has been ranked in the 1400s in popularity by [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


Originally offering free accounts, Fotki ceased offering free accounts in 2015.<ref name="businessinsider-2015"/>
As of January 2011, Fotki claims to have over 1 million 600 thousand registered members from 241 countries and hosts over a billion digital images.<ref>[http://about.fotki.com/details Fotki "Timeline And Details" page]</ref> It ranks in the 1400s in popularity by [[Alexa Internet|Alexa]].


==History==
==History==
===Founding as freeware===
Fotki was founded in 1997 by Dmitri Don (current President) and his Katrin Lilleoks to store and share photos and communicate with others around the world. The name is derived from colloquial terms for photography in several [[slavic languages]].
Fotki was founded in 1998 by Katrin Lilleoks and Dmitri Don<ref name="JohnWiley-2011-Lewell">{{Citation
| author =John Lewell
| publication-date =2011
| title =Digital Photography for Next to Nothing: Free and Low Cost Hardware and Software to Help You Shoot Like a Pro - Photo-Sharing Sites with Free Basic Accounts
| publisher = [[John Wiley & Sons]]
| pages =287
| isbn = 9780470970584
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=IY2Yq_SHTEkC&dq=Fotki+%22Katrin+Lilleoks%22&pg=PA287
| access-date = August 15, 2023
| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230815211401/https://books.google.com/books?id=IY2Yq_SHTEkC&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=Fotki+%22Katrin+Lilleoks%22&source=bl&ots=LVcL7xipH3&sig=ACfU3U1ohz9kf5w1rVzN6DEWahSp5Xg2cw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7ppj2vt-AAxWIIDQIHanPAs04ChDoAXoECAIQAw#v=onepage&q=Fotki%20%22Katrin%20Lilleoks%22&f=false
| archive-date =August 15, 2023
| url-status =live
}}</ref> (who became President) to store and share photos and communicate with others around the world. The name is derived from colloquial terms for photography in several [[Slavic languages]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} It was initially used heavily in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia, later becoming registered in the United States.<ref name="JohnWiley-2011-Lewell"/>


In 2001, the commercial version was launched. Since 2003, Fotki is a registered trade mark in the USA.
In 2001, the commercial version was launched. In 2003, Fotki became a registered trademark in the [[United States]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


In June, 2007, Fotki.com was recognized by CNET as one of the best Web 2.0 applications.<ref>{{cite news
In 2007, Fotki.com was recognized by CNET as one of the best Web 2.0 applications.<ref name="cnet-2006">{{cite news
| title = Fotki
| title = Fotki
| work = Webware, a CNET site
| work = Webware, a CNET site
| date = 2006-09-04
| date = 2006-09-04
| url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-9729705-29.html
| url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-9729705-29.html
| access-date = 2007-06-18 }}</ref><ref name="nextWeb-2008"/> In 2008, founder Dmitri Don described it as a photo-sharing, photo-printing, photo-selling and blogging website.<ref name="nextWeb-2008"/> Daily figures, according to Don, included half a million unique daily visitors.<ref name="nextWeb-2008"/> The company remained based in [[Tallinn]], with annual turnover of over $50 billion on its licensed or hosted services. Pavel Merdin oversaw the development team. In 2008, Fotki moved its office in the United States from New York to California.<ref name="nextWeb-2008"/> Telecom Italia and Alice.it both had web portals using the Fotki photo engine.<ref name="nextWeb-2008"/>
| accessdate = 2007-06-18 }}</ref>


In 2011, Fotki stated it had over a million users and a billion images, and was registered in the United States.<ref name="JohnWiley-2011-Lewell"/> Features also included printing services, e-commerce photo sales with Fotki taking a 15% commission, and "guestbook facilities".<ref name="JohnWiley-2011-Lewell"/> In 2011, a free account had 50{{spaces}}MB of storage, with another 10{{spaces}}MB added monthly.<ref name="JohnWiley-2011-Lewell"/>
In June 2012 paid members with 5-year unlimited storage accounts received message that they no longer have access to the original images unless they paid extra fees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/137-photographic-industry-professionals/188960-fotki-going-out-business.html|title=FOTKI going out of business? - PentaxForums.com|website=www.pentaxforums.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-27}}</ref>


===Paid service===
In August 2015, all free members received a message to upgrade to a paid service. Fotki stated they could no longer support free members since they were doing away with ads. On October 1, 2015 all free members accounts were deleted.
In June 2012, paid members with 5-year unlimited storage accounts received message that they no longer have access to the original images unless they paid extra fees.<ref name="pentaforums-2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/137-photographic-industry-professionals/188960-fotki-going-out-business.html|title=FOTKI going out of business? - PentaxForums.com|website=www.pentaxforums.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-27}}</ref> In August 2015, all free members received a message to upgrade to a paid service. Fotki stated they could no longer support free members since they were doing away with ads.{{not in source|date=August 2023}}<ref name="businessinsider-2015">{{Cite web |last=Kovach |first=Steve |title=Facebook and Google's political advertising problem goes beyond fake Russian accounts |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-google-secure-america-now-ads-2017-10 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> On October 1, 2015, all free member accounts were deleted.


In Jun 2018 email from fotki.com to one of the members stated "In order to keep quality of our service we remove old unused accounts. We've noticed that you didn't use your account at fotki.com for a year. That's why your account is queued to be deleted in 2 days". There is no option to reactivate account without paying for the service.
In Jun 2018, an email from fotki.com to one of the members stated "In order to keep quality of our service we remove old unused accounts. We've noticed that you didn't use your account at fotki.com for a year. That's why your account is queued to be deleted in 2 days". There is no option to reactivate account without paying for the service.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


==Features==
==Features==
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===Sharing===
===Sharing===


The primary purpose of the site is to allow and facilitate the process of sharing digital photos online.<ref>{{cite news
The primary purpose of the site, in 2002, was to allow and facilitate the process of sharing digital photos online.<ref name="sfgate-2002">{{cite news
| title = No need to build your own digital photo Web site
| title = No need to build your own digital photo Web site
| work = David Einstein, SFGate
| work = David Einstein, [[SFGate]]
| date = 2002-08-26
| date = 2002-08-26
| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/26/BU65096.DTL&hw=Fotki&sn=001&sc=1000
| url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/26/BU65096.DTL&hw=Fotki&sn=001&sc=1000
| accessdate = 2008-08-05 }}</ref> To that end, users can transfer an image file from a local device to Fotki's server using a variety of tools, where the file can be stored and downloaded by other users.
| access-date = 2008-08-05 }}</ref> To that end, users can transfer an image file from a local device to Fotki's server using a variety of tools, where the file can be stored and downloaded by other users.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


===Storage===
===Storage===
Owners of Premium, Trial and Free Unlimited accounts get unlimited storage space. Free accounts have a space limit of 3000 MB plus the option to get an additional 200 MB every month.
Owners of Premium, Trial and Free Unlimited accounts get unlimited storage space. Free accounts have a space limit of 3{{spaces}}GB plus the option to get an additional 200{{spaces}}MB every month.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


===Organization===
===Organization===
Fotki users can organize their photos and videos into a structure by grouping albums into folders, creating sub-folders, moving albums between folders, moving sub-folders between folders, moving and copying photos/videos between albums. Photos, albums and folders can be rearranged.
Fotki users can organize their photos and videos into a structure by grouping albums into folders, creating sub-folders, moving albums between folders, moving sub-folders between folders, moving and copying photos/videos between albums. Photos, albums and folders can be rearranged.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


Users are also encouraged to add tags to their photos so they can be found in search.
Users are also encouraged to add tags to their photos so they can be found in search.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


===Management Tools===
===Management tools===
When logged in, Fotki users have access to management tools which allow editing, moving or deleting their content, changing properties of the content, changing account settings and restricting access to the content if needed.
When logged in, Fotki users have access to management tools which allow editing, moving or deleting their content, changing properties of the content, changing account settings and restricting access to the content if needed.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


===Access===
===Access===
By default, all content created in the "Public Home" is available to all viewers. No registration is required to access the public content.<ref>{{cite news
By default, all content created in the "Public Home" is available to all viewers. No registration is required to access the public content.<ref name="Blogspot-2007">{{cite news
|title=Flickr vs Fotki
|title=Flickr vs Fotki
|work=Halcyon Nancy, Travelers Blog
|work=Halcyon Nancy, Travelers Blog
|date=2007-12-21
|date=2007-12-21
|url=http://halcyontravelersblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/flickr-vs-fotki.html
|url=http://halcyontravelersblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/flickr-vs-fotki.html
|accessdate=2008-08-05
|access-date=2008-08-05
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222151854/http://halcyontravelersblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/flickr-vs-fotki.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222151854/http://halcyontravelersblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/flickr-vs-fotki.html
|archivedate=2008-02-22
|archive-date=2008-02-22
|url-status=dead
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> To restrict access to their content, Fotki users can use several security options, such as passwords for albums and folders, hidden albums, private section, shared folders, protection from right-click copying, restriction to view originals and to order prints. Fotki also allows for [[XML]]-based RSS<ref>{{cite news
}}{{unreliable source|date=August 2023}}</ref> To restrict access to their content, Fotki users can use several security options, such as passwords for albums and folders, hidden albums, private section, shared folders, protection from right-click copying, restriction to view originals and to order prints. Fotki also allows for [[XML]]-based RSS<ref name="dannythorpse-2008">{{cite news
| title = Fotki -&gt; mediaRSS -&gt; PicLens!
| title = Fotki -&gt; mediaRSS -&gt; PicLens!
| work = Danny Thorpe, DannyThorpe.com
| work = Danny Thorpe, DannyThorpe.com
| date = 2008-03-08
| date = 2008-03-08
| url = http://dannythorpe.com/2008/03/08/fotki_mediarss_piclens/
| url = http://dannythorpe.com/2008/03/08/fotki_mediarss_piclens/
| accessdate = 2008-08-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
| access-date = 2008-08-05 }}{{unreliable source|date=August 2023}}</ref><ref name="dpreview-2005">{{cite news
| title = Fotki updates site, announces new pricing
| title = Fotki updates site, announces new pricing
| work = Dpreview.com
| work = Dpreview.com
| date = 2005-09-19
| date = 2005-09-19
| url = http://www.dpreview.com/news/0509/05091901fotkiupdate.asp
| url = http://www.dpreview.com/news/0509/05091901fotkiupdate.asp
| accessdate = 2008-08-05 }}</ref> and [[Atom (standard)|Atom feeds]], as well as external linking and sending invites to view content.
| access-date = 2008-08-05 }}</ref> and [[Atom (web standard)|Atom feeds]], as well as external linking and sending invites to view content.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


===Customization Options===
===Customization options===
Users can customize the look of their Fotki site by using different pre-designed skins or manually selecting colors for each element on their page.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* Layout
Users can customize the look of their Fotki site by using different pre-designed skins or manually selecting colors for each element on their page. The selected skin will automatically apply to all pages in the user's account. Members can choose to hide the folder tree or not to display albums in it, and also to display or hide various information pertaining to their content. A number of pre-designed photo frames (27 as of January, 2011) is available to adorn the photos. Those familiar with [[HTML]] can design a completely new look for their photo site using the Co-Branding feature. Premium members have access to more customization options than Free members.


===Community features===
* User profile
The site by 2011 had been recognized by [[CNET]] as a [[Web 2.0]] social networking application, as it also includes forums, blogs, and contests beyond photo and video sharing.<ref name="JohnWiley-2011-Lewell"/>
Members can create their own profile pages which may contain as much information about them as the user cares to provide. Filling out the profile is optional.


Beyond photo search, as of 2011, there were also features to search for other members by a number of criteria such as interests.<ref name="JohnWiley-2011-Lewell"/> Members can be searched by name, profile type, location, gender, age, interest, marital status and more. [[IPTC Information Interchange Model|IPTC]] keyword searching is supported.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* Co-Branding and Name Forwarding
This feature (available to Premium members only) allows the user to completely customize their Fotki site, to use a short name (e.g. username.fotki.com) as URL of their site and to even use their own [[domain name]] to access their Fotki site while having their photos stored on Fotki's servers. To achieve a high degree of customization, the knowledge of HTML/[[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] is very helpful.


Each Fotki member gets an e-mail account. Fotki e-mail system features a [[E-mail spam|spam]] [[E-mail filtering|filter]] with 20 levels of sensitivity, address book and the ability to create custom folders to organize messages. Each member has a [[Guestbook]] which can be enabled or disabled. Guestbook messages can be public or private. Each individual photo can be commented. Members can create any number of personal blogs and forums.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* [[Exchangeable image file format|EXIF]] info display
If the image has any embedded info in it, it will be extracted and displayed. Public display of EXIF info can be disabled by the account owner.


Fotki runs photo contests on a regular basis. Participation is open to all registered members. Usually, first 3 winners receive a one-year Premium membership, but sometimes there may be other prizes involved if the contest is sponsored by a third party. Effective May 11, 2007,<ref name="fotkijournals-2007">[http://journals.fotki.com/fotkicom/fotkiblog/entry/sgdrkwswkks/ "Fotki Weekly Contest Is Back!" blog entry]</ref> Fotki runs a weekly "My Photo Of The Week" contest.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* [[Geotagging]]
Fotki supports [[Google Maps]] integration for photos with [[Global Positioning System|GPS]].

===Community Features===
The site offers both member search and photo search. Members can be searched by name, profile type, location, gender, age, interest, marital status and more. [[IPTC Information Interchange Model|IPTC]] keyword searching is supported.

Each Fotki member gets an e-mail account. Fotki e-mail system features a [[E-mail spam|spam]] [[E-mail filtering|filter]] with 20 levels of sensitivity, address book and the ability to create custom folders to organize messages. Each member has a [[Guestbook]] which can be enabled or disabled. Guestbook messages can be public or private. Each individual photo can be commented. Members can create any number of personal blogs and forums.

Fotki runs photo contests on a regular basis. Participation is open to all registered members. Usually, first 3 winners receive a one-year Premium membership, but sometimes there may be other prizes involved if the contest is sponsored by a third party. Effective May 11, 2007,<ref>[http://journals.fotki.com/fotkicom/fotkiblog/entry/sgdrkwswkks/ "Fotki Weekly Contest Is Back!" blog entry]</ref> Fotki runs a weekly "My Photo Of The Week" contest.


===Printing===
===Printing===
Fotki.com offers printing services which include (as of April, 2010) digital photo prints, postcards, photo mugs, T-shirts, magnets, mouse-pads and photo frames at competitive<ref>{{cite news
As of 2011, Fotki.com offered printing services<ref name="JohnWiley-2011-Lewell"/> which included (as of 2006) digital photo prints, postcards, photo mugs, T-shirts, magnets, mouse-pads and photo frames at competitive<ref name="fotkiprinting-2006">{{cite news
| title = The buck stops here
| title = The buck stops here
| work = Fotobit, PrintRates.com (customer comment)
| work = Fotobit, PrintRates.com (customer comment)
| date = 2006-09-16
| date = 2006-09-16
| url = http://www.printrates.com/fotki.php
| url = http://www.printrates.com/fotki.php
| accessdate = 2008-08-05 }}</ref> prices.<ref>[http://help.fotki.com/fotki-pricing/ Fotki Pricing]</ref>
| access-date = 2008-08-05 }}{{unreliable source|date=August 2023}}</ref> prices.<ref name="fotkipricing-????">[http://help.fotki.com/fotki-pricing/ Fotki Pricing]</ref>


===Professional Services===
===Professional services===
Professional photographers can sell their photos at their own price, higher than the printing cost imposed by Fotki. The difference in price minus 15% commission fee goes to the photographer. Earned money is remitted by [[PayPal]], check or bank transfer. Photographers who offer their photos for sale can upload small size, low-res or watermarked images to avoid theft. When such photo is requested, the photographer has the option to securely upload the full size image for printing.
Professional photographers can sell their photos at their own price, higher than the printing cost imposed by Fotki.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} The difference in price minus 15% commission fee goes to the photographer, as of 2011.<ref name="JohnWiley-2011-Lewell"/> Earned money is remitted by [[PayPal]], check or bank transfer. Photographers who offer their photos for sale can upload small size, low-res or watermarked images to avoid theft. When such photo is requested, the photographer has the option to securely upload the full size image for printing.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


===Video sharing===
===Video sharing===


Fotki offers a unique video hosting service, which allows uploading and storing videos and photos together in one album.
Fotki offers a unique video hosting service, which allows uploading and storing videos and photos together in one album.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
They're charging per GB of storage and per GB of traffic. To activate this service, members must deposit to their balance. Video streaming is ads free for everybody.


The company charges per GB of storage and per GB of traffic. To activate this service, members must deposit to their balance. Video streaming is ads free for everybody.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
Fotki members can also store links to videos hosted by other websites. Video collections are displayed as a list of embedded previews which will enlarge when clicked on. To be accepted, the video has to be stored on [[Google Video]], [[YouTube]], [[Metacafe]], Vsocial, [[MySpace]], [[Vimeo]], or [[Dailymotion]].


Fotki members can also store links to videos hosted by other websites. Video collections are displayed as a list of embedded previews which will enlarge when clicked on. To be accepted, the video has to be stored on [[Google Video]], [[YouTube]], [[Metacafe]], Vsocial, [[MySpace]], [[Vimeo]], or [[Dailymotion]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
===Privacy And Security===
Each account has a private and public area. Private areas are visible only to the account owner. Users can set viewing options to allow certain categories of people to view their albums (everybody, Fotki members only, Fotki friends only, or just the owner). Albums can be hidden or password protected or both.


===Privacy and security===
Adult content can be marked with a "viewers discretion advised" flag. Such content requires age confirmation to be viewed. The site's Terms Of Service<ref>[http://help.fotki.com/terms/ Fotki Terms Of Service]</ref> policy prohibits public display of adult content. Users can report photos in question using a complaint form. [[Copyright]] [[copyright infringement|infringement]] is also prohibited.
Each account has a private and public area. Private areas are visible only to the account owner. Users can set viewing options to allow certain categories of people to view their albums (everybody, Fotki members only, Fotki friends only, or just the owner). Albums can be hidden or password protected or both.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Users can view [[IP address|IPs]] of people who write comments and guestbook messages on their site. Login names of visitors to a member's personal site are logged and stored in the member's "Guests" section. These options can be turned off.

All sensitive, personal and financial information is transmitted using [[Transport Layer Security|SSL]] encryption ([[Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer|https]]). Personal information including email is not available to the public.

===Customer Support===
The Fotki Customer Service can be contacted<ref>[http://about.fotki.com/contact_us/ Fotki "Contact Us" page]</ref> through an online form or by email.

==Membership==

===Free account===
Has advertising, 3000 MB storage space limit and 50 MB e-mail space limit. Free account members can also request additional 200Mb of storage each 30 days.

As of October 1, 2015 there will no longer be free accounts. Free members must update to a paid service, if they do not upgrade on October 1, 2015 all free accounts will be deleted.

===Premium account===
* No ads are displayed when browsing other Fotki sites, no ads are displayed when other people browse a Premium account.
* Unlimited photo storage space.
* Co-branding.
* Ability to sell photos at custom prices.
* FTP upload.
* Affiliate Program.
* Watermarking.

===Trial account===
Trial Premium Account. New Fotki members automatically get a 30-days free Trial Premium membership. There is no space limit during the Trial period. A Trial account is automatically downgraded to Free after 4 weeks unless the user upgrades to Premium by making a payment. Users who choose to let the account revert to Free are allowed to keep all the photos uploaded during the Trial period even if the limit has been exceeded.<ref>[http://help.fotki.com/premium-vs-free/ Account Types: Premium Membership vs. Free Account (Help article)]</ref>

Fotki also offers unlimited storage space to free account holders from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Fotki
| work = CrunchBase.com
| date = 2008-07-16
| url = http://www.crunchbase.com/company/fotki
| accessdate = 2008-08-05 }}</ref>


Adult content can be marked with a "viewers discretion advised" flag. Such content requires age confirmation to be viewed. The site's Terms of Service<ref>[http://help.fotki.com/terms/ Fotki Terms of Service]</ref> policy prohibits public display of adult content. Users can report photos in question using a complaint form. [[Copyright infringement]] is also prohibited.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} Users can view [[IP address|IPs]] of people who write comments and guestbook messages on their site. Login names of visitors to a member's personal site are logged and stored in the member's "Guests" section. These options can be turned off. All sensitive, personal and financial information is transmitted using [[Transport Layer Security|SSL]] encryption ([[HTTPS|https]]). Personal information including email is not available to the public.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
==Developers API==
Fotki offers a Flickr compatible API, allowing developers to easily and seamlessly integrate Fotki to existing Flickr applications.


==Localization==
==Localization==
As of January 2011, the site is partially translated to Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese Simplified, Japanese, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, Brazilian Portuguese, Estonian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Ukrainian and Hebrew. With the help from volunteers, Fotki continues to translate its pages and improve the existing translation. Volunteers are rewarded with Premium memberships for contributing to the project.
As of January 2011, the site was partially translated to Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese Simplified, Japanese, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, Brazilian Portuguese, Estonian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Ukrainian and Hebrew. With volunteer help, Fotki continues to translate its pages and improve the existing translation. Volunteers are given Premium memberships for contributing.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


==Criticism==
==Criticism==
Fotki has been mostly criticized for not providing enough storage space to its Free members,<ref>{{cite news
Fotki has been mostly criticized for not providing enough storage space to its Free members,<ref name="Bay-2007">{{cite news
| title = 7 Alternatives to Flickr
| title = 7 Alternatives to Flickr
| work = Eric, Photography Bay
| work = Eric, Photography Bay
| date = 2007-12-03
| date = 2007-12-03
| url = http://www.photographybay.com/2007/12/03/flickr-alternatives/
| url = http://www.photographybay.com/2007/12/03/flickr-alternatives/
| accessdate = 2008-08-05 }}</ref> problems with hotlinking,<ref>{{cite news
| access-date = 2008-08-05 }}{{unreliable source|date=August 2023}}</ref> problems with hotlinking,<ref name="bstuffet-2008">{{cite news
| title = Fotki.com picture hosting problems
| title = Fotki.com picture hosting problems
| work = forlogos, B Stuff et cetera
| work = forlogos, B Stuff et cetera
| date = 2007-06-12
| date = 2007-06-12
| url = http://bstuffetc.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/fotkicom-picture-hosting-problems/
| url = http://bstuffetc.wordpress.com/2007/06/12/fotkicom-picture-hosting-problems/
| accessdate = 2008-08-05 }}</ref> no month-to-month membership,<ref>{{cite news
| access-date = 2008-08-05 }}{{unreliable source|date=August 2023}}</ref> no month-to-month membership,<ref name="starreviews-2008">{{cite news
| title = Review at Star Reviews
| title = Review at Star Reviews
| work = StarReviews.com
| work = StarReviews.com
| date = 2008-05-09
| date = 2008-05-09
| url = http://www.starreviews.com/Fotki.aspx
| url = http://www.starreviews.com/Fotki.aspx
| accessdate = 2008-08-05 }}</ref> and traffic limit.<ref>{{cite news
| access-date = 2008-08-05
| archive-date = 2008-06-18
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080618092432/http://www.starreviews.com/Fotki.aspx
| url-status = dead
}}{{unreliable source|date=August 2023}}</ref> and traffic limit.<ref name="Roland-2007">{{cite news
| title = Fotki Traffic Limit
| title = Fotki Traffic Limit
| work = Roland Lim, The World According to Roland
| work = Roland Lim, The World According to Roland
| date = 2007-09-03
| date = 2007-09-03
| url = http://rolandlim.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/fotki-traffic-limit/
| url = http://rolandlim.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/fotki-traffic-limit/
| access-date = 2008-08-05 }}{{unreliable source|date=August 2023}}</ref> In addition, Fotki show ads on albums of paid Premium members.<ref name="fotkiforum-????">{{cite web|work= fotki.com's Forums|title=ad discussion|url = http://forum.fotki.com/fotkicom/FirstFotkiForum/LetsStart/gsrqtkbqdkr/}}</ref>
| accessdate = 2008-08-05 }}</ref>
In addition, Fotki show ads on albums of paid Premium members.<ref>{{cite web|work= fotki.com's Forums|title=ad discussion|url = http://forum.fotki.com/fotkicom/FirstFotkiForum/LetsStart/gsrqtkbqdkr/}}</ref>


==Controversies and Discussions==
===Controversies and discussions===


===Censorship and Artistic Nudity===
====Censorship and artistic nudity====
In May 2006, a photo of a nearly-nude female was removed from a Fotki contest by the moderators. This initiated a prolonged discussion on "[[artistic nudity]]". The author of the disqualified entry criticized Fotki for censorship and questioned its policy on nudity. After exchanging arguments, the Fotki side agreed to review the site's policy in favor of artistic photography while the decision to prohibit adult content in public sections of the site was upheld. As a result, the Fotki administration decided to run a separate, non-public photo contest<ref>{{cite news
In May 2006, a photo of a nearly-nude female was removed from a Fotki contest by the moderators. This initiated a prolonged discussion on "[[artistic nudity]]". The author of the disqualified entry criticized Fotki for censorship and questioned its policy on nudity. After exchanging arguments, the Fotki side agreed to review the site's policy in favor of artistic photography while the decision to prohibit adult content in public sections of the site was upheld. As a result, the Fotki administration decided to run a separate, non-public photo contest<ref name="fotki-2008-Ribbon">{{cite news
| title = Welcome to Blue Ribbon Contest!
| title = Welcome to Blue Ribbon Contest!
| work = Fotki.com
| work = Fotki.com
| date = 2008-08-29
| date = 2008-08-29
| url = http://journals.fotki.com/fotkicom/fotkiblog/entry/rkrsqqkwtsk/
| url = http://journals.fotki.com/fotkicom/fotkiblog/entry/rkrsqqkwtsk/
| accessdate = 2008-10-23 }}</ref> once a month in which nudity is allowed.
| access-date = 2008-10-23 }}</ref> once a month in which nudity is allowed.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


===Contest Rules===
====Contest rules====
In October 2006, several Fotki members posted messages in the Fotki blog protesting against the then-current contest rules which apparently allowed the earlier entrants to receive more exposure and thus get more votes. Other major issues brought up by the users included maintaining anonymity of entries while voting is in progress, allowing non-paying members to participate, working out a better formula for calculating the scores, allowing image editing and enhancement. A heated discussion<ref>[http://journals.fotki.com/fotkicom/fotkiblog/entry/srdkdqrbdbf/ Comments to the ""My Pet's Coolest Pic" Test Photo Contest" blog entry]</ref> that involved many Fotki members quickly gave rise to a vigorous campaign to make the administration change the contest rules. As a result, a new contest system was introduced and new rules developed.
In October 2006, several Fotki members posted messages in the Fotki blog protesting against the then-current contest rules which apparently allowed the earlier entrants to receive more exposure and thus get more votes. Other major issues brought up by the users included maintaining anonymity of entries while voting is in progress, allowing non-paying members to participate, working out a better formula for calculating the scores, allowing image editing and enhancement. A heated discussion<ref name="fotkiblog-2006-participants">[http://journals.fotki.com/fotkicom/fotkiblog/entry/srdkdqrbdbf/ Comments to the ""My Pet's Coolest Pic" Test Photo Contest" blog entry]</ref> that involved many Fotki members quickly gave rise to a vigorous campaign to make the administration change the contest rules. As a result, a new contest system was introduced and new rules developed.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


===Updated Storage Policy===
====Updated storage policy====
{{cleanup section |reason= Needs rewriting and also needs sources added |date=October 2019}}
{{cleanup section |reason= Needs rewriting and also needs sources added |date=October 2019}}
Fotki sent out a message in June 2012 to all of its subscribers, notifying them of its financial situation and the resulting need for extra support for the storage of the original full-sized images. Access to the original images was suspended until further arrangements were made. Fotki brings its apologies and is open to discuss the situation further with each and every one of its members personally, over internal inquiry system, should the need may be.
Anyway, many users have reported their lack of response, letting them in the silence, but keep charging fees in their (supposedly private}}) Visa cards.


In August 2015, all free members received a message to upgrade to a paid service. Fotki stated they could no longer support free members since they were doing away with ads and on October 1, 2015 all free members accounts would be deleted. Many premium paying customers did not want ads so Fotki decided to get rid of the ads. Ads up in to this point supported free members accounts. All free members must upgrade to a paid service or face their accounts to be deleted on October 1, 2015.
Fotki sent out a message in June 2012 to all of its subscribers, notifying them of its financial situation and the resulting need for extra support for the storage of the original full-sized images. Access to the original images was suspended until further arrangements were made. In August 2015, all free members received a message to upgrade to a paid service. Fotki stated they could no longer support free members since they were doing away with ads and on October 1, 2015 all free members accounts would be deleted. All free members had to upgrade to a paid service or face their accounts to be deleted on October 1, 2015.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of image-sharing websites]]
* [[Image hosting service]]
*[[List of social networking services]]
* [[Photo sharing]]
*[[List of virtual communities with more than 1 million users]]


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.fotki.com/ Fotki website]


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Fotki
Type of site
photo/ video sharing and media networking
Available inEnglish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Chinese (simplified)
German
French
Italian
Estonian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Dutch
Polish
Malay
Hebrew
Spanish
Japanese
OwnerFotki, Inc
Created byFotki, Inc
URLFotki.com
CommercialYes
Launched1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Current statusActive

Fotki is a digital photo sharing, video sharing and media social network website and web service suite; it is one of the world's largest social networking sites.[1] As an image hosting service, Fotki licenses photo-sharing software for global companies such as Telecom Italia, Alice.it, Sears, Mark Travel, Vegas.com, and Funjet.com, among others.[2]

As of January 2011, Fotki claimed to have over 1 million 600 thousand registered members from 241 countries and hosted over a billion digital images.[3] It has been ranked in the 1400s in popularity by Alexa.[citation needed]

Originally offering free accounts, Fotki ceased offering free accounts in 2015.[4]

History

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Founding as freeware

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Fotki was founded in 1998 by Katrin Lilleoks and Dmitri Don[5] (who became President) to store and share photos and communicate with others around the world. The name is derived from colloquial terms for photography in several Slavic languages.[citation needed] It was initially used heavily in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia, later becoming registered in the United States.[5]

In 2001, the commercial version was launched. In 2003, Fotki became a registered trademark in the United States.[citation needed]

In 2007, Fotki.com was recognized by CNET as one of the best Web 2.0 applications.[6][2] In 2008, founder Dmitri Don described it as a photo-sharing, photo-printing, photo-selling and blogging website.[2] Daily figures, according to Don, included half a million unique daily visitors.[2] The company remained based in Tallinn, with annual turnover of over $50 billion on its licensed or hosted services. Pavel Merdin oversaw the development team. In 2008, Fotki moved its office in the United States from New York to California.[2] Telecom Italia and Alice.it both had web portals using the Fotki photo engine.[2]

In 2011, Fotki stated it had over a million users and a billion images, and was registered in the United States.[5] Features also included printing services, e-commerce photo sales with Fotki taking a 15% commission, and "guestbook facilities".[5] In 2011, a free account had 50 MB of storage, with another 10 MB added monthly.[5]

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In June 2012, paid members with 5-year unlimited storage accounts received message that they no longer have access to the original images unless they paid extra fees.[7] In August 2015, all free members received a message to upgrade to a paid service. Fotki stated they could no longer support free members since they were doing away with ads.[failed verification][4] On October 1, 2015, all free member accounts were deleted.

In Jun 2018, an email from fotki.com to one of the members stated "In order to keep quality of our service we remove old unused accounts. We've noticed that you didn't use your account at fotki.com for a year. That's why your account is queued to be deleted in 2 days". There is no option to reactivate account without paying for the service.[citation needed]

Features

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Sharing

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The primary purpose of the site, in 2002, was to allow and facilitate the process of sharing digital photos online.[8] To that end, users can transfer an image file from a local device to Fotki's server using a variety of tools, where the file can be stored and downloaded by other users.[citation needed]

Storage

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Owners of Premium, Trial and Free Unlimited accounts get unlimited storage space. Free accounts have a space limit of 3 GB plus the option to get an additional 200 MB every month.[citation needed]

Organization

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Fotki users can organize their photos and videos into a structure by grouping albums into folders, creating sub-folders, moving albums between folders, moving sub-folders between folders, moving and copying photos/videos between albums. Photos, albums and folders can be rearranged.[citation needed]

Users are also encouraged to add tags to their photos so they can be found in search.[citation needed]

Management tools

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When logged in, Fotki users have access to management tools which allow editing, moving or deleting their content, changing properties of the content, changing account settings and restricting access to the content if needed.[citation needed]

Access

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By default, all content created in the "Public Home" is available to all viewers. No registration is required to access the public content.[9] To restrict access to their content, Fotki users can use several security options, such as passwords for albums and folders, hidden albums, private section, shared folders, protection from right-click copying, restriction to view originals and to order prints. Fotki also allows for XML-based RSS[10][11] and Atom feeds, as well as external linking and sending invites to view content.[citation needed]

Customization options

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Users can customize the look of their Fotki site by using different pre-designed skins or manually selecting colors for each element on their page.[citation needed]

Community features

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The site by 2011 had been recognized by CNET as a Web 2.0 social networking application, as it also includes forums, blogs, and contests beyond photo and video sharing.[5]

Beyond photo search, as of 2011, there were also features to search for other members by a number of criteria such as interests.[5] Members can be searched by name, profile type, location, gender, age, interest, marital status and more. IPTC keyword searching is supported.[citation needed]

Each Fotki member gets an e-mail account. Fotki e-mail system features a spam filter with 20 levels of sensitivity, address book and the ability to create custom folders to organize messages. Each member has a Guestbook which can be enabled or disabled. Guestbook messages can be public or private. Each individual photo can be commented. Members can create any number of personal blogs and forums.[citation needed]

Fotki runs photo contests on a regular basis. Participation is open to all registered members. Usually, first 3 winners receive a one-year Premium membership, but sometimes there may be other prizes involved if the contest is sponsored by a third party. Effective May 11, 2007,[12] Fotki runs a weekly "My Photo Of The Week" contest.[citation needed]

Printing

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As of 2011, Fotki.com offered printing services[5] which included (as of 2006) digital photo prints, postcards, photo mugs, T-shirts, magnets, mouse-pads and photo frames at competitive[13] prices.[14]

Professional services

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Professional photographers can sell their photos at their own price, higher than the printing cost imposed by Fotki.[citation needed] The difference in price minus 15% commission fee goes to the photographer, as of 2011.[5] Earned money is remitted by PayPal, check or bank transfer. Photographers who offer their photos for sale can upload small size, low-res or watermarked images to avoid theft. When such photo is requested, the photographer has the option to securely upload the full size image for printing.[citation needed]

Video sharing

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Fotki offers a unique video hosting service, which allows uploading and storing videos and photos together in one album.[citation needed]

The company charges per GB of storage and per GB of traffic. To activate this service, members must deposit to their balance. Video streaming is ads free for everybody.[citation needed]

Fotki members can also store links to videos hosted by other websites. Video collections are displayed as a list of embedded previews which will enlarge when clicked on. To be accepted, the video has to be stored on Google Video, YouTube, Metacafe, Vsocial, MySpace, Vimeo, or Dailymotion.[citation needed]

Privacy and security

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Each account has a private and public area. Private areas are visible only to the account owner. Users can set viewing options to allow certain categories of people to view their albums (everybody, Fotki members only, Fotki friends only, or just the owner). Albums can be hidden or password protected or both.[citation needed]

Adult content can be marked with a "viewers discretion advised" flag. Such content requires age confirmation to be viewed. The site's Terms of Service[15] policy prohibits public display of adult content. Users can report photos in question using a complaint form. Copyright infringement is also prohibited.[citation needed] Users can view IPs of people who write comments and guestbook messages on their site. Login names of visitors to a member's personal site are logged and stored in the member's "Guests" section. These options can be turned off. All sensitive, personal and financial information is transmitted using SSL encryption (https). Personal information including email is not available to the public.[citation needed]

Localization

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As of January 2011, the site was partially translated to Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Chinese Simplified, Japanese, Polish, Dutch, Turkish, Brazilian Portuguese, Estonian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Ukrainian and Hebrew. With volunteer help, Fotki continues to translate its pages and improve the existing translation. Volunteers are given Premium memberships for contributing.[citation needed]

Criticism

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Fotki has been mostly criticized for not providing enough storage space to its Free members,[16] problems with hotlinking,[17] no month-to-month membership,[18] and traffic limit.[19] In addition, Fotki show ads on albums of paid Premium members.[20]

Controversies and discussions

[edit]

Censorship and artistic nudity

[edit]

In May 2006, a photo of a nearly-nude female was removed from a Fotki contest by the moderators. This initiated a prolonged discussion on "artistic nudity". The author of the disqualified entry criticized Fotki for censorship and questioned its policy on nudity. After exchanging arguments, the Fotki side agreed to review the site's policy in favor of artistic photography while the decision to prohibit adult content in public sections of the site was upheld. As a result, the Fotki administration decided to run a separate, non-public photo contest[21] once a month in which nudity is allowed.[citation needed]

Contest rules

[edit]

In October 2006, several Fotki members posted messages in the Fotki blog protesting against the then-current contest rules which apparently allowed the earlier entrants to receive more exposure and thus get more votes. Other major issues brought up by the users included maintaining anonymity of entries while voting is in progress, allowing non-paying members to participate, working out a better formula for calculating the scores, allowing image editing and enhancement. A heated discussion[22] that involved many Fotki members quickly gave rise to a vigorous campaign to make the administration change the contest rules. As a result, a new contest system was introduced and new rules developed.[citation needed]

Updated storage policy

[edit]

Fotki sent out a message in June 2012 to all of its subscribers, notifying them of its financial situation and the resulting need for extra support for the storage of the original full-sized images. Access to the original images was suspended until further arrangements were made. In August 2015, all free members received a message to upgrade to a paid service. Fotki stated they could no longer support free members since they were doing away with ads and on October 1, 2015 all free members accounts would be deleted. All free members had to upgrade to a paid service or face their accounts to be deleted on October 1, 2015.[citation needed]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Fotki.com is one of the world's largest social networking sites". Killerstartups.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Fotki.com powers world's giants with Photo Engines". Toivo Tänavsuu, Next Web. 2008-10-10. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
  3. ^ Fotki "Timeline And Details" page
  4. ^ a b Kovach, Steve. "Facebook and Google's political advertising problem goes beyond fake Russian accounts". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i John Lewell (2011), Digital Photography for Next to Nothing: Free and Low Cost Hardware and Software to Help You Shoot Like a Pro - Photo-Sharing Sites with Free Basic Accounts, John Wiley & Sons, p. 287, ISBN 9780470970584, archived from the original on August 15, 2023, retrieved August 15, 2023
  6. ^ "Fotki". Webware, a CNET site. 2006-09-04. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  7. ^ "FOTKI going out of business? - PentaxForums.com". www.pentaxforums.com. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  8. ^ "No need to build your own digital photo Web site". David Einstein, SFGate. 2002-08-26. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  9. ^ "Flickr vs Fotki". Halcyon Nancy, Travelers Blog. 2007-12-21. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2008-08-05.[unreliable source?]
  10. ^ "Fotki -> mediaRSS -> PicLens!". Danny Thorpe, DannyThorpe.com. 2008-03-08. Retrieved 2008-08-05.[unreliable source?]
  11. ^ "Fotki updates site, announces new pricing". Dpreview.com. 2005-09-19. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  12. ^ "Fotki Weekly Contest Is Back!" blog entry
  13. ^ "The buck stops here". Fotobit, PrintRates.com (customer comment). 2006-09-16. Retrieved 2008-08-05.[unreliable source?]
  14. ^ Fotki Pricing
  15. ^ Fotki Terms of Service
  16. ^ "7 Alternatives to Flickr". Eric, Photography Bay. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2008-08-05.[unreliable source?]
  17. ^ "Fotki.com picture hosting problems". forlogos, B Stuff et cetera. 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2008-08-05.[unreliable source?]
  18. ^ "Review at Star Reviews". StarReviews.com. 2008-05-09. Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-08-05.[unreliable source?]
  19. ^ "Fotki Traffic Limit". Roland Lim, The World According to Roland. 2007-09-03. Retrieved 2008-08-05.[unreliable source?]
  20. ^ "ad discussion". fotki.com's Forums.
  21. ^ "Welcome to Blue Ribbon Contest!". Fotki.com. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
  22. ^ Comments to the ""My Pet's Coolest Pic" Test Photo Contest" blog entry
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