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Keep in Touch

Friends, Family, and Contacts

Building relationships on Flickr is easy. When you add someone as a contact you can also choose to add them as your Friend or Family (or both).

Adding a contact is easy

Choosing one or more contact-types


Using the “Contacts” page, or by subscribing to a daily email, you're able to keep up to date with what your buddies are doing. And they can do the same for you.

Guest Pass

If you’d like to share your private photos and videos with people who don’t have a Flickr account (like, your Grandma, or friends from a wedding), you can use our Guest Pass feature to grant them special access. You’re able to expire the passes whenever you like.

Manage your Guest Passes

Notes and Comments

Posting photos and videos for friends and family to see is much more rewarding when they’re able to leave you feedback. Notes allow contacts to leave messages directly on your photos and videos (don’t worry, they only appear when you mouseover the image), while comments allow for a more general discussion below the image.

Reading notes left on a photo or video, with comments below

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