Fuddland

I’m interested in Flickr’s new Interestingness ranking algorithm, and what goes into the secret sauce beyond the obvious things.

Currently my two most Interesting photos are Pianorama I and Dark Sky on a Sunny Day; although it’s a close-run thing, the latter has more views, more comments, and has been favourited more than the former. Moreover, some of the comments on Dark Sky are from people on my contacts list, whereas those on Pianorama I are not from a mutual contact. [Flickr says that part of a photo’s Interestingness relies on the relationships between the user and the commenters.] So why is Pianorama I ranked higher?

#1

clair | 2005 / 09 / 12 – 17:04

It does seem strange that you can’t view other peoples levels of interestingness.

However, I still think that other photos of yours are more interesting. :)

#2

carsick | 2005 / 09 / 14 – 20:19

Hope you can help and sorry for the intrusion but I saw you on a Flickr trackback and that you had linked recently.
I’m new to Flickr, just a couple days actually, and posted a few photos but so far I’ve never seen them in the public area.
How long does Flickr take to post pictures?

#3

David | 2005 / 09 / 14 – 21:41

Re #2: Should be fairly instantaneous. Try the Flickr Help forum for further help.

#4

carsick | 2005 / 09 / 15 – 19:43

Thanks. Still not up but maybe because I’m new and they want to clear me before I get the faster posting.

Nice site by way. I may be one of the few from Cincinnati Ohio who have visited.

Thanks again.

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