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KnowWonNose [deleted] says:
Flickr is definitely catcentric at times.
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I just went to Explore and saw no cats at all.
Of course, it's still the 31st here (and at Flickr HQ, I believe).
Would be a funny trick though. Maybe it was a practise run?
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LOL. It's cause of my new upcoming Web radio show about cats!
www.radiomeow.com/
Ok, so I'm dreaming big here, but that's amazing, thanks for pointing it out. I really don't know why.
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So has anyone else seen this?
I emptied my cache and reloaded the site, the cats are still there. All cats for every photo in the top 500 for every day on every month!
he he, it's kinda funny.
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I just went to the Explore page and saw no cats at all, just a broad assortment of photos.
Perhaps you have something tagged on to your URL for the page? That's really weird (and furry).
[EDIT] The other posters implication about April 1st might be on the money. You may be accessing consistently a particular data center or cluster that has the joke, or god forbid has been hacked.
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roschler edited this topic 44 months ago.
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Personally I think it should be illegal to post photos of anything except for cats, babies, sunsets, rainbows or ponies.
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Yeah, I don't see cats. And according to scout, I have non-cat related pictures in the top 500. But it's not April 1st here yet. :)
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It's got to be an April 1st thing. I opened up Firefox (I had been using Safari) and went to the top 500 using that browser and the same thing... CATS!
I'm in China and it's already April 1st here - so that's got to be it.
Now I'm wondering if it's flickr's doing or some cat-loving hacker?!
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I'm with AnDy631 !!!
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"...The April 1 tradition in France includes poisson d'avril (literally "April's fish"), attempting to attach a paper fish to the victim's back without being noticed..."
(From Wikipedia)
That's exactly the same in Italy too.
But no cats in my Explore...
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I'm sure it's Flickr's doing. :)
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Interesting, so they have a date trigger in the code. Any reports from other people in time zones where the date has already flipped?
This is going to cause a howl on the boards. :)
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Here is a screen capture...
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Hey, are any of mine in there?
j/k ;)
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@Webel Photography,
ROFLMAO, thanks for that!
BTW, you have new mail. LOL.
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Brilliant!
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Is it only March? Or all months?
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Every month (that I could tell)! I just started going backwards in the months and every one was nothin but cats.
Even the "Year Ago Today" was all cats!
Steve :-)
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That is so awesome. :) I wonder if scout will reflect it. I imagine it will. I Don't know what timezone it's based on though. :P
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Absolutely brilliant!
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Yeah that's a LOT of cats...almost too many...I'll bet you it is some April's Fool thing.
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I always thought the day started at GMT. Guess I never thought about it well enough...
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Whahahaha, how funny!! But hey, I am missing my cats on this page!
Is there nobody else yet on april 1st?
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ROFL - This is great! I'm waiting impatiently one more hour!
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Jon© [deleted] says:
And I'm pretty sure that Webel Photography is playing the fool on all of you! ;)
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what are you all talking about?
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Jon© [deleted] says:
I think a lot of people have fallen for an ,admittedly brilliant, April fool gag by WP :)
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That's actually pretty funny.
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i don't see any cats.
rats!
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That could be a serious bug in anti-cat
module in our interestingness algorithm. We are looking into it.
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I think a lot of people have fallen for an ,admittedly brilliant, April fool gag by WP :)
I just checked with a friend in New Zealand and she says thabd eecb canhvhwdmrwo...mrowww
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Ha, it's not just d;lsajf;lkdasjv;lkas
oops. meow meow. lick lick. purrrrr
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Brenda Anderson (a group admin) edited this topic 44 months ago.
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hmm...heather's icon has now been changed to a cat. as has caterina's. something sinister is afoot.
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caterina --> cat, there's nothing sinister in that.
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Nothing to see here...
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(Glad it was Flickr's not Webel's)
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Ack George too! :)
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Yeah, it's definitely flickr. I've had other people in other groups be like "wtf? there's cats all over in explore" :D
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Crickie [deleted] says:
That is so funny. It'd bea great April Fools joke.
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Yes, it is the 1st of April and I also only have cats in Explorer.
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[ sneezes ]
nothing against cute kittens but
[ sneeze !!!!! ]
they make my skin itch and
[ SNEEZE!!!! ]
make my nose all tingly
(darn cute though, kittens, and so affectionate too)
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oh my...
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Does this mean that all my photos that I've put into the various "interestingness" groups have to be removed??? :) Oh, no, just wait until April 1st hits fd's scout page. prepare for fallout. :)
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nah, no fallout. I just posted a photo of a cat. I had to borrow the neighbour's...
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What! Dos Pesos is OUTRAGED!
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Just buy him a hat.
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Kudos to the Flickr team for such an inventive Poisson d'Avril.
too bad that the cat's out of the bag (so to speak)
I still look forward to seeing a calendar full of kittens :)
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I`m very allergic and I hate cats. :/
I had a little hope fool`s day would show us photos of ugly selfportraits. :D
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goodness. this is worse than HDR's and fake tilt shifts together!
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An Explore page full of clowns would have been more appropriate, but I suppose they didn't have enough of them on Flickr!
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Lol. It's the cat attack!:D
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Muahahahaaa! Too silly. I was going nuts trying to figure it out... Trying different browsers, etc. Never made the connection. It's April, and I continue to be a fool.... Meow....
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Ohh now the cat's out of the bag...and on the front of EVERY page in explore. They multiply faster than mice and rabbits.
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i'm having a nightmare.
i'm having a nightmare.
i'm having a nightmare.
i'm having a nightmare.
i'm having a nightmare.
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I´m from Spain and I didnt´know this date¡¡¡
I´m a fool¡¡¡ and I dont like cats¡¡¡ :)
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Funny, just today one of my very few cat photos hit 23 on explore after almost three months having not once being on explore...
...and it's only of his nose
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cosmic.jeebus! edited this topic 44 months ago.
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... has left the building [deleted] says:
That's got to be the best april fool's joke EVER! :D
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*LOL* The first time I was like, okay...coincidence. Then the 2nd, and 3rd, and 4th...what's going on!! :D
Good one Flickr team!
*goes off to find cat pic for my icon*
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I thought I was crazy at first- that's why I had to take the screen shot. I'm kinda relieved that everyone else is seeing it now...
This is pretty funny.
Steve
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Anyone made a HDR-tiltshift-cat picture yet? :P
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heheh...brilliant april's fool joke.
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Thank you, whoever did the cat thing, for your great sense of humor. What a hoot! Or, er, a meow!
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Perfect April Fool.
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this topic made me look at the explore page :-P
boycott cats!!!
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No cats here yet. Not April 1st for 5 more hours. Now I have to stay up till midnight! I've added the tags "cat cats kitty" to a bunch of my photos to see what happens!
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Brilliant!!
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I see, all cats!! Funny ! hauahau
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Cats? Pah! March was particularly kind to me. ;)
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Whew! The cats have left New Zealand. My interestingness is all back to normal.
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The cats have left Australia, too. Just when I was starting to get used to it!
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the cats have left Japan. miss you, the cats...
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fhisa edited this topic 44 months ago.
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They are gone here too (Hong Kong).
Maybe this was a 'hack' and not flickr's doing?
Does anyone know?
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... has left the building [deleted] says:
They haven't arrived in Florida yet, but I'm getting the catnip ready - thanks for warning me! :D
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Scout is already reflecting the cat-centric change - 2 of my cat pictures have suddenly flown to the top 50 of their days, when they were never interesting before.
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... has left the building [deleted] says:
YIKES!!!
(They're here, and it's worse than I imagined!) :D
Webel: Look at the icons of Flickr staff. Maybe that answers your question ;-)
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As we said in french "Poisson d'avril" ? :))
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool%27s_Day
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cat-astropic
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I think the people at flickrs are doing an April Foul's trick on everyone. Good one, eh.
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Sweet!
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Oh Lord!
that is quite scary
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OH! April Fool's Day! That's better. I was wondering what was with all the cats. :O
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Humm, seems like a good time to make a poster :)
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Rev Dan Catt edited this topic 44 months ago.
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Let's party.... The cat's have finally left Australian shores.
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But our party has just begun over here!
>:-)
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This is, by far, the best April Fool's ever! lol! I love it!
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Hahaha...April 1st today..!Foolsday...
;-))
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I'm gonna have to make sure I check Explore right after midnight (1 hour from now). Too bad I've never uploaded a photo of a cat....
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It's 12:02 in Phoenix, and I've got the screen capture - woohoo! Lovin' this and the joke. Will post to one of my groups, The Cat's Meow, soon. What a riot! Thanks, flickr hackrs, whoever you are.
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wow yeah. Poor dogs they are being marginalized by flickr! :( lol
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LOL
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Thanks for the laugh this morning - I looked in Scout and nearly *died* - although there are a few images that have always been in Explore and aren't cats.
Mind, I don't think it's that much of a 'cat'astrophe ;)
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Poor dogs they are being marginalized by flickr!
About freakin' time.
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Very funny - it's pushed loads of mine into Explore as well!
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Hey Leo - love the icon! :D
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That's not fair! How can flickr do this to us! That means the photos I just uploaded have no chance of being on Interestingness today!
Just kidding! :) this is what makes Flickr THE BEST! HAHAHA!
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The planning stage:
Programming the new algorithm:
Admiring a job well done:
The security measures to make sure no one changes interestingness back:
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it all makes sense now...
...buzzed...
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cosmic.jeebus! edited this topic 44 months ago.
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had wondered why my "wrangle" photo was up at #5 all of a sudden in interesting ness for 2/20...i had the tags
herding
kittens
:)
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seriously I see tons of cats, no kidding. something's up
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yep, I've got the ultimate cat top ten, only my latest FurryFriday Cat is missing, meow meow ...
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