How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet
In the mid 2000’s, Flickr was THE photo sharing site, with a very active community. Then Yahoo bought it. Although Flickr had the potential to grow into the premier social network, Yahoo focused on integrating it into the rest of its offerings, missed the boat on mobile, neglected the community, and along the way Flickr lost its edge.
This article is the well-told story of what went wrong, and more generally, what CAN go wrong when a big company swallows an innovative startup.