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Explore the world of Flickr with Scout, a tool powered by an algorithm that showcases top photos based on Interestingness scores. Discover how Scout updates its database daily back to 2004, making it a valuable resource for photography enthusiasts. Users rave about the fantastic results from Scout, praising its prompt service and impressive work. Enhance your projects by creating personalized trading cards, badges, and maps with this innovative tool. With Scout, PowerPoint presentations become dynamic with cool self-modeled pictures, turning mundane projects into engaging experiences.
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FAQ Q.What is Interestingness? A.Interestingness is what Flickr calls the criteria used for selecting which photos are shown in Explore. All photos are given an Interestingness "score" that can also be used to sort any image search on Flickr. The top 500 photos ranked by Interestingness are shown in Explore. Interestingness rankings are calculated automatically by a secret computer algorithm
Q.What is Explore? A. Explore is a Flickr feature with the intent of showing you "some of the most awesome photos on Flickr." Photos are automatically selected by computer according to a secret algorithm called Interestingness (see below for more about that).
Q.What is Scout? A.Scout is a third-party application that uses the Flickr API to retrieve the daily Explore data. It then uses that data to show any user all of his photos that are currently featured somewhere in Explore. Scout is not affiliated with Flickr. I am not a Flickr employee.
Q.How does Scout work? A.Scout updates its database incrementally throughout the day. Scout loads whole days at a time (all 500 photos) back to August 2004 until the entire database is refreshed. And then it starts over. In essence, it takes a snapshot of each day in Explore.
User Comments • “We received the two pictures you did for us today. They are fantastic. We are very pleased! Thank you very much!” – Ernest • “ I received the shipment and am totally satisfied. The work you do is awesome! Thanks for your prompt service as well! I will definitely tell everyone I know how impressed I am!” – Pam
Why this tool is cool • This applications is really cool because you can create your own trading cards, badges, and maps • You can use this to make boring projects more exciting. With PowerPoint you can add in cool pictures that you remodeled yourself.