Not often I write or post anything here about this, other than what interests me about Ubuntu Linux but I had to, this time around. The Flickr Explore - Interestingness Algorithm Which I call ego boosters. Apparently, for some its the ultimate reward. Interestingness isn't just about Explore. Flickr uses interestingness to fill their explore page each day, but the function is used extensively throughout Flickr as well. Each search result can be ordered by interestingness, and each Flickr photostream can be viewed in interestingness order. Sets can be ordered that way, as well. But what's interesting, isn't necessarily what's good, or of any particular quality. If people are interested in cats licking themselves, then that's what's going to be at the top of the list. If it's Christmas time, then drunk people with santa hats tend to be more interesting. So it's a constantly changing, living thing, and attempts to take a snapshot of what people are intere...
I don't find it laughable