The Curse of the Flickr Comment Box

The Curse of the Flickr Comment Box, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

I have removed the comment box from my Shia sets, my Hijra sets , though I had kept my privacy option for comments for family and friends , yet this fragile wall gets breached time and again, by Flickr free members and Pro alike .

I am inundated with hate comments that border on extreme Shia hate , now if one reads my profile one will know that I shoot all religiosity, I dont promote or glorify Shiasm, but I do condemn Terrorism and Muslims killing Muslims.

On the other hand my Hijra images are visited by all kinds of Flickr voyeurs and there is nothing sensational in my Hijra pictures , no nudity , no porn , yet I my Hijra posts have become an ideal toilet set for urinating ones acidic thoughts or profaning my photostream with a diarrhea like defecation .. that was not within my control.
I cant go on blocking or deleting comments..I give up..
I type with a single finger of a permanently damaged right hand so posting 74600 blogs in 24 months has not been an easy task either.

I have finally decided to keep the comment option to myself till the Flickr degenerate matures ..and accepts the fact that rituals , traditions and ethnicity are as old as man..you may not like it but wont disappear ..they are are there to stay through the pictures we shoot to show this to the world...without the perks or salary of a National Geographic Photographer .

We spend money to visit the places we shoot , we give it all free ..in my case I dont sell pictures , and photography does not earn me any revenue...


I may not like a lot of porn one sees here at Flickr, but it does not attack me by its presence, I am mature enough to accept it as is where is basis, , as sexuality is a fact of life in the garbage bin of mans morality..

I dont pass lascivious comments on other peoples posts, I dont condemn thoughts on other peoples posts.. so I expect others to respect my views as a photographer though they may not adhere to those beliefs and customs.

I am a lone voice in the Flickerverse demanding the introduction of Comment Moderation, I have nothing against comments , I am against racism , racial profiling and hitting below the belt , constructive comments we all need to change and improve our bias, our viewpoint..but I am not going to change my religion or the color of my skin because you dont like it..

Earlier I confess I was defiant I hit back hard, but I sobered down in this Flickr community as it means a lot to me , Flickr is my second home among my contacts and friends .I dont want to alienate myself.. but because of a bigot I have to do away with the comment box at Flickr.And the somnolence and deafness of a robotic Flickr management.

I will not whine or cry at the Flickr Help Forum, I am a blogger and through the Blog I reach out to all of you..all over the cyberspace , and Cheru Jackson of Alpha Inventions carries my voice a thousand times over at the click of a mouse.

So my religious posts , my hijra posts the poems pertaining to that genre will be devoid of the comment box.

Hope you all understand.. I bleed but nothing personal..its my blood flowing through the consciousness of my thought..