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Yesterday Twitter introduced that they have been including view counts to tweets on Twitter. I assumed I’d use this announcement to very unscientifically examine the variety of views one in all my pictures acquired on Twitter vs. Flickr. Whereas some may name this an “apples vs. oranges” comparability, and Flickr is admittedly extra of a photography-centric social community, I discover that I interact with photographers on each platforms, even when I additionally interact with extra non-photographers on Twitter.AdvertisementsA few notes on my unscientific check. Curiously sufficient I’ve about the identical variety of followers on each platforms. As of right this moment, I’ve 50,211 followers on Twitter and 53,363 followers on Flickr. I’ve been lively on each platforms for nicely over a decade. I joined Twitter in 2006 and Flickr in 2004. I take advantage of each networks every day, though I’d say I’ve been way more lively on Flickr through the years.After virtually 24 hours of posting the 2 very same pictures on the identical time (on a Thursday night) on each networks, the outcomes are in.Twitter views: 5,010Flickr views: 2,496Oddly, Twitter generated virtually precisely 2x as many views as the very same picture on Flickr.There are different metrics to take a look at as nicely.Likes on Twitter: 75Favorites on Flickr: 176AdvertisementsComments on Twitter: 9Comments on Flickr 18The Twitter picture additionally bought six retweets (Flickr doesn’t have retweets).I’m unsure precisely what any of this implies aside from whereas my picture bought 2x the variety of views on Twitter, it additionally bought 2x the quantity of engagement on Flickr (as measured by likes and feedback).I didn’t do something particular to advertise both of the 2 pictures myself aside from interact within the feedback on every as I usually would. Aside from posting a hyperlink in my Flickr group American Photographer, I didn’t publish anyplace else on both hyperlink. I additionally put the picture into the pool in American photographer and added it to different teams as invited on Flickr (I’d usually do that anyhow).I also needs to add that I don’t know precisely what constitutes a “view” on both platform. I’m assuming that each platforms apply the time period as liberally as potential and it’s meant to imply any time your picture was seen anyplace on both web site on a pc, pill, or telephone display screen.Replace: a day after I wrote this weblog publish, the picture on this weblog publish hit Flickr’s standard Discover web page the place Flickr every day prominently options 500 pictures from the location. This brought about this picture’s view depend to rocket greater on Flickr.As of this morning the view depend comparability now stands at:Flickr: 14,860Twitter: 5,995I do commonly have pictures featured on this standard space of Flickr. Since I’ve been utilizing Flickr, the truth is, 963 of my pictures have been featured in Discover.In regards to the AuthorThomas Hawk is an American photographer primarily based in San Francisco. You could find extra of his work and skim his weblog on his web site, and comply with him on Ello, Flickr, Twitter, and YouTube. This text was additionally revealed right here and shared with permission.
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