On the 25th February 2005 (my research tells me) Cristiano Midnight and someone called Reuben, I believe, launched a photo sharing feature called Snapzilla on Second Life users. This was a very innovative feature, so much so that it got a mention on Boing Boing.
Now if you’re new, you may wonder what exactly Snapzilla is, so I’ll quote the site:
Snapzilla is a photo sharing site built specifically for Second Life, and is part of the SLUniverse.com site. SL residents are easily able to share images with the site simply by clicking Snapshot and then using the Email Postcard option directly from SL. No need to save to disk and then upload to the site.
You do not have to be a registered Snapzilla member to submit snapshots – any SL resident can send an image, and it is completely free. Benefits of registration include the ability to edit the title, description, and tags of your images, create albums and favorite photo lists, leave comments, and more. New features are being added constantly to the site.
There’s more information in the link, including the email address you send pictures to. I’m really reluctant to include email addresses in blog posts. A big point to note here for those unfamiliar with Snapzilla is that you can send snapshots directly from inside Second Life to Snapzilla, it’s a really useful feature.
However as Snapzilla approaches its ninth birthday, Cristiano is considering making changes and he has a thread on SLUniverse asking for feedback. However, please go gently, Cristiano informs me that the redesign is heavily under construction, so it’s far from the finished article.
However there are links to how the revamped Snapzilla may look. Personally, I like that look! I should also add that it’s a lot better looking that the almighty mess of new Flickr.
Now to get matters in some sort of perspective, Snapzilla has been recording the history of Second Life in the form of images since its launch in 2005 and those images have been viewed over 164,000,000 times, yes that’s 164million.
Cristiano is looking to make changes to reflect a more modern market, so it’s a more easily viewable on mobile devices.
If you have any feedback please feel free to let Cristiano know your feelings in the link to the forum thread above, but as I said, please bear in mind that is in its early stages and heavily under construction.
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