It is a secret how it works, so people don't game the system, but my sense is that Flickr has a special stream set up for Explore moderators to view. The photos included in that stream are those that get a lot of favorites/to views ratio. More immediate reactions and time of day (or day of week) can also enter into it. But I think a human moderator picks from that stream (and probably has a certain number of votes per day that each moderator can use). There may even be a Super Moderator that looks at the lower moderator's choices and picks from them. (These are all just guesses). But once you are in Explore you are in a stream that a LOT of people look at. You'll find a lot of people will favorite, but few will comment (based upon my experience). That made me realize that a photo that people take the time/effort to COMMENT on is probably better than one that people just favorite.
But it is still an honor and a nice way to indicate which photos might be saleable (resonate with the public). Would you mind sharing the link to your Explored image? On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Jostein Øksne <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Darren! > You're right. There was something about explore. Is that some kind of curated > photostream? When I Google it, I only find dos/don'ts for how to get photos > in there, and nothing on how it is selected or presented to users... > Sorry about being totally noob here... :-( > > Jostein > > Den 6. mars 2016 18.09.30 CET, skrev Darren Addy <[email protected]>: >>Your image was probably chosen by Flickr Explore. Congrats! >> >>http://www.fluidr.com will show you all of the day's Explore shots. >>You can also enter your username here to see what images are in >>Explore: https://bighugelabs.com/scout.php >> >>You should probably also see an Explore Invite for you to accept in >>the photos comments. >> >> >>On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:19 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> Funny you should ask... >>> Something like that happened recently to me on smugmug... the amount >>of >>> hits on my page on feb 16 zoomed to 5,000 >>> yet, the photo I posted that day only had the usual approximatel 200 >>to 300 >>> that I normally get when PEso'ing >>> >>> Interesting that the anomally happens on other sites as well. very >>> mysterious >>> >>> ann >>> >>> On 3/6/2016 10:28 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: >>>> >>>> Hope there are some flickr savvy folks here who could help me >>explain >>>> something... >>>> >>>> A week ago I posted 16 images at Flickr to share with local >>photographers; >>>> we have just submitted a number of entries to an Austrian photo >>competition >>>> together, and use flickr to excange info on our selections. >>>> >>>> Then, much to my surprise, comments and views on one particular >>image >>>> poured in like I've never seen before. It got almost 4000 >>"favourite" clicks >>>> before attention waned. That's one order of magnitude above any >>other image >>>> I've ever posted there. None of the other pics in that album >>received any >>>> attention at all. >>>> >>>> I really don't know much about the dynamics of the flickr site, but >>>> somehow that particular image must have been picked up and given >>some extra >>>> exposure. Any ideas what could have caused such a sudden blip of >>attention? >>>> >>>> Will post the image later. >>>> >>>> Jostein >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>and >>> follow the directions. > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
