One of my flickr pictures has passed 1000 views (1128 to be precise for the moment). I noticed that it was popular near the end of last week and then it only had 990 (ish) view. That’s right, nearly 150 view since over the weekend.
This is a complete mystery to me. I have absolutely no idea why this picture get so many views. It’s not a bad picture, but it isn’t that interesting either. There are lots of pictures which I personally prefer.
Ever since I took it, it has gained lots of views. It’s sister picture has nearly 1000 (901 actually). In Flickr pictures tend to get noticed because they are members of all sorts of groups, but that’s not true for this picture either, it’s not been posted into any groups. 
It’s not like it has any comments associated with it either. There’s only one comment and that’s mine, asking if anyone knows why it’s popular .
The most popular Jimmy and Grandad picture has only gained 172 views by comparison .
I suppose it could be related to the blog that it’s posted on. I’d like to think that this was the reason and that lots of people where reading this particular post because I regard it as one of my best. I have done some tests, and I don’t think that these remote loads actually count, the statistics on the blog don’t add credence to this thesis either .
Boggle? Sounds fitting for such a mystery .
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