BPS JPT FOR YOU: How to Create a Flickr Group

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

How to Create a Flickr Group

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Flickr is a very popular photography hosting site with a photo upload rate of about 7,000 photos a minute.^[1] It has a lot of user-created groups that allow people who have similar interests to get together and share their photos reflecting these interests, such as food, animals, certain photo techniques, or creative commons, etc.
This article will show you how to create and administer your own Flickr photo group.

Steps

Go to Flickr.com. If you are logged in, it will take you to your 'Home' page. If not, sign in.
- Click on 'Group'.
From Groups, scroll down to Create a New Group.
Choose the type of group setting (private, public (invitation only), or public). This article shows you how to create a public group.

Starting a group in Flickr
Name your group and select the Group Safety Level (whether it is age-restricted (18+) or not). Try to use a group name that would make sense to people searching for your interest or for the types of photos you'll be grouping in it. Press Next.

Naming the group
Click on 'Groups' above to see your groups. Your new group should now appear. Go to your group's Administration page (click on the tab Administration located under your group's name) and make any needed administrative type decisions.

The various aspects of your group to be administered
Control the viewing level of those visiting the group. Under Privacy you can select what you want to display to non-members.

Check what your choices for display
Select what you want the different levels of members to be called (under Membership).

Flickr group members
A foodie theme perhaps?

Start making your group interesting. Click on Add Something? located on the group home page. This will take you to your photostream and you can start selecting photos from there for the group. Up to six photos can be added at a time and you can use the Search box to find relevant tags on your photos. Look at the drop-down box under the words Your Photostream; it will show you that photos can be retrieved from:
- All your items
- Your sets
- Photos uploaded on a certain date
- Your groups
- Geotagged or non- geotagged items.

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Tips

Why choose a private or a public group? Here are some thoughts:
- A private group is suitable for family, friends, and groups of friends. Only these people (invited) will ever get to see the photos within the group. This can be important if you're sharing photos of family members, kids, your home, etc., and you don't want the outside world seeing these photos. Private groups don't come up in group searches.
- A public group is ideal for any topic where you'd like to spark public discussion. For example, groups about travel, recipes, hobbies, and the like are all obvious candidates for a public group. The public group can be joined by anyone without having to ask. As admin, you can hide discussions and group pools from non-members if needed.
If you haven't got any relevant photos to add to your new group yet, you'll need to start taking some photos to make the group interesting.
- A public group by invitation is ideal for a small group over which you'd like to maintain membership control. The group itself can be viewed by anyone but joining requires an invitation. This could be useful for a local club, hobby group, or school group.