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ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
What the hell.

So I posted a few photos in my flickr account the other day, which I took wandering around an abandoned motel. Most of the shots have about 4-5 views on them, except for this one, which has 27. The only time I get 27 views on something is if there's a hot chick in it or someone adds it to a pool.

I'm terribly confused by this. It's not really a terribly interesting picture...
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>> Anonymous
People just wanted to check out what kind of magazines these are.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
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>>71158
They're phonebooks.

Here's my actual favorite shot from that day.

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>> Anonymous
>>71165
How does one live in a house crooked like that?
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>71166
It's easy, you just have to *really* hate Batman.
>> Ren Kockwell !!y74dwT8WYfm
>>71167
I don't get it
>> Moo !XBOXgikTFw
Photograph something with tiny text on it and watch views pour in >_>
>> Anonymous
What's your flickr username?
>> Anonymous
>>71447
it's hard to get most things that ac says.
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
Did it pop up in explore?
>> elf_man !fBgo7jDjms
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It probably just is people trying to read what they are. It's like, pictures that are dark and hard to see often seem to grab a few extra views. Or this one has picked up a bunch of views, probably in order to read the sign that says it's six foot nine.

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>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>71447
>>71495
You kids today don't know dum diddly do.

>>71459
>>71497
Ahh, yeah, that's probably what it was.

>>71490
http://flickr.com/photos/allankcrain/ but keep in mind that a guy in>>71279swears I'm blind.
>> Anonymous
>>71497

Dark armor is dark
>> elf_man !fBgo7jDjms
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I like the reflections. Have one more.

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>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>71501
"No, good lady, on my honor as a knight: the codpiece *needs* to be that big."
>> Vincent
>>71503
Lol I thought the same thing when I saw it..
Well not exactly the same, but you know what i mean.
>> Anonymous
Simplest explanation: people are trying to figure out why this one photo has 9 clicks and the others have 4, so they click on it. It's self-perpetuating.
>> Anonymous
Do you tag your photos? I tagged a photo with "boobs" and it had a lot more views than anything else within about a week.
>> Anonymous
>>71559
Oh internet....
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>71559
Yeah, but the photo in question isn't tagged with anything that interesting.

urban decay, abandoned, motel, twin oaks motel, phone, books

Should also probably get tagged with "boring". In fact, I think I'll go do that now.
>> Anonymous
they saw the plastic wrapping and thought it was porno
>> Anonymous
>>71156
mind if i ask why you put it on flickr if you know its a dull photo?
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>71636
Because it added to the story I was telling about my trip to the abandoned motel.
>> Anonymous
My first glance made me wonder if the bottom right phonebook was a wad of money.