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'''Blipfoto''' is a cloud photo hosting service, established in 2004.<ref>http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/how-blipfoto-is-growing-from-small-leith-beginnings-into-1bn-company-1-2769334</ref> The company went into liquidation on March 11 2015<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-31927236</ref> although the website continues to operate while a buyer is sought.<ref>https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/entry/2024545103963492314</ref> Described as "a major player in the Slow Web movement" <ref>http://www.cassandra.co/tech/first-fridays-joe-tree-founder-and-ceo-of-blipfoto/</ref>, Blipfoto is thought to encompass at least 3.4 million photos<ref>http://www.thenational.scot/news/concern-over-future-of-social-media-site-blipfoto.1124</ref> and 22 million comments.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blipfoto</ref> Blipfoto was bought around March 25, 2015 by Jeffrey Hecktman Chairman and CEO of Hilco Global and Bobby Sager a Director at Gordon Brothers. <ref>https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/entry/2027531207289340134</ref>
'''Blipfoto''' is a cloud photo hosting service, established in 2004.<ref>https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/how-blipfoto-is-growing-from-small-leith-beginnings-into-1bn-company-1-2769334</ref> The company went into liquidation on March 11 2015<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-31927236</ref> although the website continues to operate while a buyer is sought.<ref>https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2024545103963492314</ref> Described as "a major player in the Slow Web movement" <ref>https://cassandra.co/tech/2014/02/07/first-fridays-joe-tree-founder-and-ceo-of-blipfoto</ref>, Blipfoto is thought to encompass at least 3.4 million photos<ref>https://www.thenational.scot/news/14897152.concern-over-future-of-social-media-site-blipfoto/</ref> and 22 million comments.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blipfoto</ref> Blipfoto was bought around March 25, 2015 by Jeffrey Hecktman Chairman and CEO of Hilco Global and Bobby Sager a Director at Gordon Brothers. <ref>https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2027531207289340134</ref> Blipfoto was bought by Blipfuture CIC in February 2016.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blipfoto</ref>


== Photos ==
== Photos ==


Photos appear to be hosted on cloudfront.net URLs. Individual photo pages have numeric URLs like [[https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/entry/2024559920535307081 https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/entry/2024559920535307081]].  
Photos appear to be hosted on cloudfront.net URLs. Individual photo pages have numeric URLs like [[https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2024559920535307081 https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2024559920535307081]].  


== Usernames ==
== Usernames ==


User pages exist in the form of [[https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/Wendles56 https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/Wendles56]]
User pages exist in the form of [[https://www.blipfoto.com/Wendles56 https://www.blipfoto.com/Wendles56]]


Chip's initial Google/DuckDuckGo/Yahoo scrapes sorted and uniq'd [[http://paste.nerds.io/raw/oxolaxaqiv http://paste.nerds.io/raw/oxolaxaqiv]]
Chip's initial Google/DuckDuckGo/Yahoo scrapes sorted and uniq'd [[http://paste.nerds.io/raw/oxolaxaqiv http://paste.nerds.io/raw/oxolaxaqiv]]


== Comments ==
== Comments ==
Comments are loaded on scroll from /comments and are JSON formatted (not counting the while to prevent JSON Hijacking). e.g. [https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/entry/2019428284378382362/comments https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/entry/2019428284378382362/comments]
Comments are loaded on scroll from /comments and are JSON formatted (not counting the while to prevent JSON Hijacking). e.g. [https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2019428284378382362/comments https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2019428284378382362/comments]


== Tags ==  
== Tags ==  


Photos can be tagged and retrieved via search - e.g. [[https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/search/entries?q=%23bootees https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/search/entries?q=%23bootees]]. A very small list of 'popular' tags is visible at [[https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/tags https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/tags]]
Photos can be tagged and retrieved via search - e.g. [[https://www.blipfoto.com/search/entries?q=%23bootees https://www.blipfoto.com/search/entries?q=%23bootees]]. A very small list of 'popular' tags is visible at [[https://www.blipfoto.com/tags https://www.blipfoto.com/tags]]


== Places ==
== Places ==


Photos can be viewed by places - [[https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/places https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/places]] -- e.g. [[https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/place/glasgow https://www.polaroidblipfoto.com/place/glasgow]]
Photos can be viewed by places - [[https://www.blipfoto.com/places https://www.blipfoto.com/places]] -- e.g. [[https://www.blipfoto.com/place/glasgow https://www.blipfoto.com/place/glasgow]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 07:24, 27 June 2019

Blipfoto
Blipfoto logo
Polaroidblipfotocom-clipped.png
URL https://www.blipfoto.com/
Status Online!
Archiving status Not saved yet
Archiving type Unknown
IRC channel #fotofinish (on hackint)

Blipfoto is a cloud photo hosting service, established in 2004.[1] The company went into liquidation on March 11 2015[2] although the website continues to operate while a buyer is sought.[3] Described as "a major player in the Slow Web movement" [4], Blipfoto is thought to encompass at least 3.4 million photos[5] and 22 million comments.[6] Blipfoto was bought around March 25, 2015 by Jeffrey Hecktman Chairman and CEO of Hilco Global and Bobby Sager a Director at Gordon Brothers. [7] Blipfoto was bought by Blipfuture CIC in February 2016.[8]

Photos

Photos appear to be hosted on cloudfront.net URLs. Individual photo pages have numeric URLs like [https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2024559920535307081].

Usernames

User pages exist in the form of [https://www.blipfoto.com/Wendles56]

Chip's initial Google/DuckDuckGo/Yahoo scrapes sorted and uniq'd [http://paste.nerds.io/raw/oxolaxaqiv]

Comments

Comments are loaded on scroll from /comments and are JSON formatted (not counting the while to prevent JSON Hijacking). e.g. https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2019428284378382362/comments

Tags

Photos can be tagged and retrieved via search - e.g. [https://www.blipfoto.com/search/entries?q=%23bootees]. A very small list of 'popular' tags is visible at [https://www.blipfoto.com/tags]

Places

Photos can be viewed by places - [https://www.blipfoto.com/places] -- e.g. [https://www.blipfoto.com/place/glasgow]

References