Michael Arrington wrote at TechCrunch (4/8), “In a phone prebriefing, I was very critical of the length limitation. But the team then brought me in for a demo and I was sold. The short clips are a perfect compliment to event photos, in my opinion.” He continued, “The video player itself is extremely clean, so videos look like photos on pages that include them.” Arrington noted, “Flickr video also differentiates itself from YouTube by only allowing pro users upload videos (it costs $25/yr to be a pro user), although both free and pro users can view videos. As with photos, videos can be made public or private. They can also be shared/embedded individually or as part of sets. But like YouTube, Flickr is providing an API for programmers to create services that access videos hosted on Flickr.”

Staci Kramer wrote at paidContent.org (4/8), “With length limits of 90 seconds, Flickr for video isn’t likely to replace YouTube or other sites for serious video sharing but it may take casual video uploads to the next level.”