Flickr has a way of measuring the popularity of a photo. They call in “interestingness”. Here is their definition:
Besides being a five syllable word suitable for tongue twisters, it is also an amazing new Flickr Feature.
There are lots of elements that make something ‘interesting’ (or not) on Flickr. Where the clickthroughs are coming from; who comments on it and when; who marks it as a favorite; its tags and many more things which are constantly changing. Interestingness changes over time, as more and more fantastic content and stories are added to Flickr.
We’ve added some pages (and changed some existing ones) to help you explore Flickr’s most interesting content. Before you start though, you might want to take your phone off the hook, send your boss to an executive training session and block off some time on your schedule, because we don’t think you’re going to be walking away from your screen any time soon. Beautiful, amazing, moving, striking – explore and discover some of Flickr’s Finest.
Each day their “interestingness” engine (or maybe people behind the curtains) identify the previous days most interesting photos, and place them at http://www.flickr.com/explore. I have personally never had a photo make it into this feature. But I am curious about which of my photos people like. Fortunately, someone made a tool to determine this.
You can see my most interesting pictures. If you have a Flickr account, you can use the following URL to see what yours are (make sure to bookmark it): http://interestingby.isaias.com.mx/pm.php?id=xxxx&theme=white – to use this URL, replace the 4 x’s (after id=) with your Flickr User ID (something like 21716481@N07). You can find your Flickr User ID by going to http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/dna.php and entering the email address you use for your Flickr account.
I am really interested in seeing other people’s “interesting” photos. Take a moment and post a link to yours in the comments. The photo above is the #1 result for mine.
My Flickr “interesting” shots
Each day their “interestingness” engine (or maybe people behind the curtains) identify the previous days most interesting photos, and place them at http://www.flickr.com/explore. I have personally never had a photo make it into this feature. But I am curious about which of my photos people like. Fortunately, someone made a tool to determine this.
You can see my most interesting pictures. If you have a Flickr account, you can use the following URL to see what yours are (make sure to bookmark it): http://interestingby.isaias.com.mx/pm.php?id=xxxx&theme=white – to use this URL, replace the 4 x’s (after id=) with your Flickr User ID (something like 21716481@N07). You can find your Flickr User ID by going to http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/dna.php and entering the email address you use for your Flickr account.
I am really interested in seeing other people’s “interesting” photos. Take a moment and post a link to yours in the comments. The photo above is the #1 result for mine.