Check out her photos on Flickr. (via 37 signals)
Very impressive, but you have to wonder how much revenue she is leaving on the table by not hosting her photos on her own. That is, of course, if she would be interested in taking on, say, some sponsors on her site.
I guess it begs the question, is it Rebekka or the Flickr Community that makes her great? Could she transfer her popularity onto her own site? Is she big enough to be her own brand or does she still need the Flickr brand? Or maybe use both brands? Maybe she is doing both?
The basic features of the Flickr Community that makes it great are RSS, Gravatars/Profiles, Tags, Groups, and the photo marketplace. How long before this can be done outside of a walled garden**/photo sharing site? What happens when MySpace, MyFlikr, MyFacebook actually means just that, MySpace?
** Flickr is not a walled garden at all, there are plenty of tools to get your data out. I love Flickr! The statement is more used to emphasize the issue with most social networks and online profiles today.
I think my question is…would she be as popular if she didn’t take the sps in the beginning…(some racy) and wasn’t that stunning. If she had her own website now, her fanbase would move to the site.