Nested Sets Coming To Flickr

I have long wanted to organise my Flickr sets into some sort of hierarchy. It seems Flickr have heard the transatlantic whining and set about giving us the ability to put sets in sets.

Thomas Hawk quotes Stewart Butterfield:

“We’re doing the final testing and design tweaks now ” and “You’ll be able to go five levels deep (beyond that seemed a little silly, but we’ll see how people end up using it).” .

I’m sure this will be a much used (and abused) feature. It got me thinking though how cool it would be to have much more control of the layout.

Right now your flickr page is organised pretty much chronologically as a stream. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the ability to perhaps put up a welcome message? Highlight your best stuff as well as your recent stuff? Your top tags? When a visitor arrives at the moment there is nothing to orient them, unless your recent stuff is good they are unlikely to go much deeper.

I realise the way most people find my flickr photos is through my blogs or through flickr groups, but I think more people would promote their Flickr URL if they mutated into something more useful.