Great story.<p>I echo the point of Stepping Away. Stepping away from something you've built must be as hard as even committing yourself to build something.
This chart from Matt's Flickr stream would indicate that Flickr's traffic is growing at a healthy rate.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mroth/5471404089/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mroth/5471404089/</a>
is it only me? Since Flickr has been bought by yahoo, it clearly has lost usability and appeal.<p>It was a really great site, as long as the original founders were still on board.<p>Anyone?