We3 might be a bit more popular than SmugMug. We know about 2 links to it since March 2021 and only 2 links to SmugMug. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
The images are "Second Life" CGI, and they are fairly disgusting to me as well. There are other photography sites: smugmug.com, pexels.us, pixabay.com, unsplash.com, 500px.com, shutterstock.com, etc. Smugmug is the only one that comes close to the searching you can do on Flickr. Source: over 2 years ago
If you can keep your total uploaded photos under 2gb, you can use dropbox for free, and choose the 1% of your invoice option with photoinvoice. Or you can look at something like smugmug.com which does it all for you, but the pricing varies from $7/mo to $42/mo (the price goes down considerably if you prepay for a whole year). There are other sites like smugmug that will also do this for you. Source: over 2 years ago
I don't know whether you'll find people near you but as far as making good friends is the concern, 'We3' app is the best app I've ever tried 😌 We3 App Website. Source: over 1 year ago
For those who like smaller scale thing, checkout WE3 app: https://we3app.com/. Source: about 2 years ago
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