Originally posted by stevebrot Forget FB likes (as noted above, they are sort of bizarre), how about Flickr views/favs? If you can manage to get "explored" you get enough attention for even the neediest ego...
8,000+ views in the first two days
316 favs
...probably would not qualify for the exclusive gallery here
Steve
Flickr likes are pretty silly and who can predict when their photo will get explored? I certainly can't. This photo was explored and got 333 likes:
And this photo (that I happen to like better) got 13 likes.
The whole explore thing is odd. You just have to get the right group of "friends" on Flickr who will like your photos in high enough percentages. But I don't particularly care of 10,000 internet folks happen to see a photo of mine or not.
As to the forum here, it is true that you are lucky to get four or five likes on a post. I think part of it is due to the fact that the photo threads don't have nearly as much traffic as the rumor mill threads or, the Pentax is dying threads. But I still get a lot more gratification sharing a photo here than I do on Flickr (which I mainly do as a place to store photos that I repost elsewhere).