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Favorites, commenting and searching in Flickr

Pt. 6 of 10 | 2:25 |

Introduction to Flickr

Monday February 9, 2009

This is where the community feel of Flickr really comes into play. On the site, you can search for photos that are of interest to you, follow other Flickr users and get a dialogue going by commenting on your favorite (or least favorite, if you're so inclined) pics.

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Flickr

- Enter search terms in the search box in the top-right.

- Either click on the search button to search all of Flickr or use the pull-down menu to search your friends' streams, your stream, groups etc.

- In the search results page, you can refine your search to most recent, most interesting or most relevant.

- Click on pics to get a larger view and click the star icon to add to your favorites.

- Click on Share This to email in the top-right to send to a friend via email.

- Below the photo you can see a description and comments.

- Enter text into the comment box and click post comment to give your input.

- You can also invite photos to your groups. For more info on groups see our previous tutorial.

- Click on a user's name to see his or her photostream and sets.

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