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Showing posts with label Flickr. Show all posts

Friday, October 9, 2009

Best gay artists on Flickr

I have been on Flickr for quite a while and I have met countless inspiring gay artists on Flickr whom I follow on a daily basis. Here are a few who caught my eyes over the years:

male ®

It's Britney bitch (by male ®)

Tote bag by male ®  (by male ®)

madonna by male® (by male ®)

centaurpics

Tooker: Waiting Room, 1969 - a ReVision (by centaurpics)

Moon Kiss (by centaurpics)

Correggio: Danae, a revision (by centaurpics)

bodirkley

b020209 (by bodirkley)

081109 (by bodirkley)

020509 (by bodirkley)

Ismael Álvarez

Bakala Duo (by Ismael Álvarez)

Blonde (by Ismael Álvarez)

Melancolía en Londres (by Ismael Álvarez)

Do you know of anyone that I have missed? Let me know by leaving a comment below!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Flickr Censorship Standards = Gay Bashing?

Cross-posted on SML Pro Blog.

Earlier this year, Flickr popped my account to "restricted" status, resulting in a 3000 to 30 daily stream views.

SML to Flickr: Why is my stream flagged as moderate? = Severely diminished traffic volume (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

It took me 6 months to figure out what the hell was wrong. I didn't get a reply from the official staff despite several attempts to contact them. Eventually I got so pissed off that I did a Twitter stunt and posted a long-winded outcry on GetSatisfaction.com. That appears to help, I got a reply from the Flickr staff within one day.

Apparently, according to Flickr standards, the image below is to be treated as moderate / restricted.

An R-rated image as according to Flickr Censorship standards / 20070624.10D.43162.BW.SQ / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Personally I do not understand why this image is moderate. Afterall, don't you see guys like this *all the time*?

Flickr replied by saying that the image needs to be moderate because the person is wearing "skin-tight" clothing. I then asked them if I took photos at the Olympics or at the beach, do I need to mark them as moderate as well, to which they reply, that "regardless of where they were taken, they need to be moderated."

In other words, according to Flickr Censorship standards, this will only appear in an R-rated movie. Meanwhile, the Yahoo Pride page during 2007 happily use my photos on their site, so WTF?!

As such the image above is flagged as moderate as well. Even though I disagree with Flickr's standards...

Anyhow, SML Flickr is now "safe" after flagging all these images to moderate to restricted status, but this standard appears questionable.


Related blogosphere
+ Now Public: flickr: Racist and Homophobic, or Scamming?
+ Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: Someone's started a Flickr Is Fascist Blog, Accuses Flickr of Anti-Gay Censorship Policies

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Most Interesting Gay Men / Flickr Analytics / SML Wiki

Most Interesting Gay Men = Gay Men + Flickr + Interestingness algorithm = Instant gratification!

Find the most interesting (hottest) gay men on Flickr sorted as according to Flickr's interestingness algorithm:

SML Wiki: Flickr Analytics: Most Interesting Gay Men

There are two sections on the page:
1. Hot men on SML Flickr, my Flickr stream.
2. Hot men on Flickr, the entire Flickr sphere.

Eagle NYC / 20070908.10D.44980 / SML (by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML)

Related SML
SML Flickr: Flickr Analytics
SML Pro Blog: Flickr Analytics
SML Wiki: Flickr Analytics

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Copyright 2007 See-ming Lee / SML Gay Blog / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Comfort / Folsom Street East 2007 / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML

SML Flickr: Comfort / Folsom Street East 2007 / Gay Pride New York 2007 / SML


For whatever reason, this photo reached 10,000 views on my Flickr stream. Considering that my Flickr photostream only has 100,000+ page views, NakedGuyNYC appears to be quite an attractor for photo traffic generation!

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