Well I have had enough - two days I have tried to chase number on FlickR in a prolonged experiment to see what it takes to boast your hit count and I have had enough. This can become a full time job - the groups you join in a vain attempt to boast your numbers are a control freak's nirvana. To send your photograph to their group there are strict rules to follow - don't follow them and you are out. It is quite merciless - resistance is futile. Needless to say I have fallen foul of such rule making and been banned from one of the groups. All you get is the following email...
You have been banned from the *Platinum Peace Award*(w/
6+PeaceAwards)P.1.A.3 orTOTAL BAN Group
Now I could argue that there are reasons for this mistake that lead to the ban but who am I kidding. Two days of trying join in with this mayhem as made me realise that it is a mugs game. Photography is about photographs not about competitive number counting, as if this validates the photograph you have made. Don't get me wrong there are some incredible photographs out there, many with hundreds of hits. However, there are far more which may be of value to their creator but have limited wider appeal yet manage to garner hundreds of hits as well.
It is a free world on Flickr and you publish what you want. It also means that if you want to pursue hits then you can do and good luck to you in your endeavours. I am withdrawing from this mayhem and only publishing what I want when I want. Should they be found by people then fine but I am no longer going after hits - life is really too short and there are too many photographic opportunities going begging to be stuck behind a computer screen all day.
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