Flickr delivers a new ranking mechanism. Results at Flickr Explore. A very good example of what social+technology can do — building on PageRank.

There are lots of things that make a photo ‘interesting’ (or not) in the Flickr. Where the clickthroughs are coming from; who comments on it and when; who marks it as a favorite; its tags and many more things which are constantly changing. Interestingness changes over time, as more and more fantastic photos and stories are added to Flickr.

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A listing of top uploads in the last 24 hours is impressive. Explore / Interestingness / Last 24 Hours is surely worth a bookmark (del.icio.us count).

(Via John Battelle)

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