The Mysterious Explore
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008I had my 50th photo make it into flickr’s “Explore” today. For those of you who don’t know, Explore is flickr’s way of tracking a particular day’s 500 most interesting photos. The rankings change constantly, so a photo’s ranking can change or drop out of Explore altogether within a few hours.
Some people really stress out about how to get a photo into Explore. It wasn’t so long ago that I was thrilled to have one of my photos make it, but considering how screwy the system is, I’ve lost a bit of respect for it.
For instance, the 50th photo that made it? This one. 11 views, 1 comment. It was taken the same day and posted at the same time as a photo with 37 views, 4 comments, and 1 favorite that didn’t make Explore. Yeah.