Sharing photos has been a need since the early days of photography. In the old days people used to share their photos by sending those photos via mail, but with the development of technologies photo sharing became easier and faster through emails, free hosting sites, blogs, and photo sharing websites.

Web 2.0 photo sharing websites have added many interesting elements to users' photo sharing experience, in addition to the ability of sharing photos in an instant, people can categories those photos by tags, and get more exposure by having everyone view those photos.

Sharing online also enabled photo owners to get feedback on their photos and know how other people online views them.

However, photo sharing still has its dark sides related to privacy and copyrights. While it is interesting to share your photos with everyone online, and get their feedback on your new car or their compliments about your looks for example, you are still risking that others may steel your photos and claim their ownership, or that some private photos may go into public.

Back to the bright side, we can witness that photo sharing has enabled many ordinary people to show and develop their photography talents, and to share those fantasies about the scenes on their everyday lives. It also inspired many entrepreneur into coming up with intelligent and innovative ideas, one of the most interesting ideas is what Talasim.com site do, it's a site dedicated for sharing photos related to text mistakes seen in newspaper Ads, billboards and other media.

The magic of this concept is that it encourages every individual to catch his camera, or even camera phone each time he spots such a funny mistake and share it with everyone else on Talasim!Creating a database for this unique type of photos, although this idea could be implemented without today web 2.0 features, those features has made much easier to innovate and create new concepts related to photos.

Sharing photos is like sharing your life, and the ability to share photos online has made a difference in many people lives and has given them the chance to unleash their hidden talents and obsessions.

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