Here is an ongoing account of why I am a protestr.
Like a lot of others, it was a complete shock to login to flickr yesterday to find myself in an alien and unfriendly environment. Like being parachuted into a disaster area.

Complaint 1: Lack of any consultation, communication or prior warning about the down (up according to them) grade. Yet Beta testing feedback was largely negative so why did they impose it in this high-handed, arrogant way?

Complaint 2: The scroll of death on the homepage and photostream.