I’ve just finished a month-long project: cutting way down on the number of groups I’m in on Flickr. Back in the day, I’d join groups willy-nilly and spread my photos far and wide trying to build up stats.

That, of course, was more work than it was ever worth. And when this project started, I was subscribed to more than 300 groups. Ack!

So, clearly it was time to cut that down to a more manageable number. I’m done:

I left groups that are dead, i.e. - groups that haven’t had any active discussions in 3+ months. And I left groups that I’d probably never upload new photos to — like a Wicklow, Ireland, group. Much as I’d love it, we have no plans to go back to Ireland anytime soon.

I think 97 is a more manageable number, and now when I go to post photos to groups, I don’t have to wait 30 seconds for my full group list to load. Nice.

How many Flickr groups are you in? Too many?