http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/07/23/flickr_and_incomprehensible_mo/ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/07/23/flickr_and_incomprehensible_mo/#comment-27 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:56:55 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/07/23/flickr_and_incomprehensible_mo/#comment-27 The second one has a Mac in it. I noticed that some of my most mundane photos that had my computer in them would get a lot of views, so I ran a test.
http://flickr.com/photos/maven/254518392
and
http://flickr.com/photos/maven/254518640
Now, nothing as dramatic happened as with your photos, however, the one with the Mac in it got a lot more views and a lot faster. I’ve found that people love to look at Macs on Flickr.

]]> http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/07/23/flickr_and_incomprehensible_mo/#comment-26 Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:06:40 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/ideasfordozens/2005/07/23/flickr_and_incomprehensible_mo/#comment-26 1. a murder took place in your house?!
2. here’s a hypothesis: the image on the left has the snap-shot look characteristic of point-and-shoot cameras– foreground blown out and background dark. perhaps people skimming for interesting or “artsy” images on flickr automatically bypass such images, assuming they’re “non-art” images. Interesting… or, maybe it just has to do with patterns of uploading and viewing on the flickr site. But can it really be called mob behavior, if everyone is acting without knowledge of everyone else’s actions?
mmmm… I’m going to bed now. And you’ll notice it’s 11 pm, thank-you very much.

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