The StatBot

I stole the concept for the “FriendFeed Likes Compatibility Index” from Hutch Carpenter (you can find a working implementation here courtesy Felix (aka the Topless Programmer))

Extending the concept to Flickr works somewhat nicely, because Flickr’s Faves are conceptually similar to FriendFeed’s Likes. However, Faving something on Flickr is somewhat harder compared to Liking something on FriendFeed – You can’t fave pics directly from the Search Results page, for example. So, while a lot of people tend to have a lot of Likes on FriendFeed, the No. of Faves on Flickr tend to be limited – I have just 90, for example.

So, we need someone who faves lots and lots of photos to compute the first ever “Flickr Faves Compatibility Index”. Isn’t that Thomas Hawk?

So basically, the Flickr Faves Compatibility Index is the people who have faved the same Photos you have. Has interesting data only if you fave lots of pics. As usual, reply in the comments if you want yours computed

Thomas Hawk’s Flickr Faves Compatibility Index

1. Karen.Strolia - 1389 Common Faves (3.99% %)
2. raoulpop - 778 Common Faves (2.23% %)
3. !Andrew Moore! - 764 Common Faves (2.19% %)
4. fetching - 537 Common Faves (1.54% %)
5. Jeremy Brooks - 447 Common Faves (1.28% %)
6. zsoltika - 405 Common Faves (1.16% %)
7. Cheesy Reese - 396 Common Faves (1.14% %)
8. t-squared - 374 Common Faves (1.07% %)
9. torbakhopper - 368 Common Faves (1.06% %)
10. ropeboy / sambr - 367 Common Faves (1.05% %)
11. travísimo - 359 Common Faves (1.03% %)
12. myla kent - 348 Common Faves (1.00% %)
13. * cate * - 343 Common Faves (0.98% %)
14. SeenyaRita - 333 Common Faves (0.96% %)
15. av_producer - 304 Common Faves (0.87% %)
16. davidteter - 292 Common Faves (0.84% %)
17. aqui-ali - 287 Common Faves (0.82% %)
18. raspberrytart - 281 Common Faves (0.81% %)
19. roamin - 270 Common Faves (0.78% %)
20. ThePhoenix101 - 268 Common Faves (0.77% %)
21. SF buckaroo - 265 Common Faves (0.76% %)
22. denis collette - 261 Common Faves (0.75% %)
23. andertho - 254 Common Faves (0.73% %)
24. helveticaneue - 250 Common Faves (0.72% %)
25. Mrsth - 249 Common Faves (0.71% %)

And here’s the obligatory Chart (And yep, I like Bars better than Pie’s ;))

Hope folks can “discover” people who share similar interests via this. Automate This, Felix!

(If you want yours calculated, just drop in a comment)

Tags: Flickr, Index, Thomas Hawk

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