I checked it once, and I checked it twice. No deal.
Crazy isn't it? I struggle to bring up a family, struggle to make a successful business, donate 50p to the Red Cross every now and again, but simply because I'm not a celeb I don't get the opportunity to refuse an honour from Lady Muck.
Looking at those lists reminds me of college exams. Every year I'd spend 2 horrendous weeks with 6 hour a day written papers and oral exams in front of a group of patronising dick-heads. After that, they would post a list.
Those with honours at the top.
Then those who passed.
Then those who failed one part of the five or so parts. These people would have to re-sit that part.
For those who failed and had to re-sit the whole bloody thing; nothing.
Not on the list.
Total nothingness.
Imagine reading through those 70 names looking for your own. And it's not there...
Nearly every bloody year I went through that. The stuff of nightmares. Literally the stuff of nightmares. I was still having those nightmares more than twenty years later.
Well, I do get the occasional success, and yesterday just such an event happened.
I posted this photo onto the photo website flickr:
and guess what? It took me past a million views of the photos that I've posted over the last nearly 5 years.
Amazing huh?
Here's the evidence:
Well, maybe not so amazing.
There are ways and means of bumping up your numbers. Some find a type of photo that's popular, and then repeat almost exactly the same thing ad nauseum. With luck, you can get your picture on 'Explore' which assures loads of views. I used to regularly get those, but it has become more difficult of late because of the hoards of people posting on flickr
A couple of years ago, I posted lots of photos from a trip to Tanzania. I knew they would get picked. They didn't. Thus I tried experimenting and got success with this photo.
Anyhow, they do occasionally pick ones I like...
So, is it a great achievement?
No.
But is does give me a warm fuzzy feeling inside
I like warm fuzzy feelings....
well done sir phil hyde of manyplaces
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