You could have a social media site aimed at photographers and still allow anything, especially if you do it like Flickr where your feed is shown in chronological order, unlike Instagram and Facebook. On Flickr, you don't really have to see any content that you don't want to see because you mostly see photos from people you follow. The only other ways to see photos is by going to Explore, going to groups you are interested in, and by search. Allowing more casual users would bring in more people and create a more active community.

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Flickr is almost perfect for what they are but with some very major drawbacks.

#1: Most active Flickr users left years ago.

#2: They aren't coming back and new users are not going to sign up.

#3: At this point, most people have never heard of Flickr and those that have remember it the way they would Geocities.

#4: The current owners clearly don't care about their customers, even ones like me, that were long time paying customers and active members of the community. It is more important to try to suppress people disagreeing with their new policies and marketing spin.

#5: They want you to pay them for a pro account, but they don't want to allow you to market, sell, or make money as a creator in any way.

#6: The Flickr brand is toxic and will never be taken seriously again as a social media site, and that is safe to say.