That's just cute. And adorably captioned. I can see non-nefarious people pointing to it.

I have a couple of Flickr pictures that have gotten weirdly many hits. There are a LOT of foot fetishists out there with a lot of free time (since my photos aren't tagged at all, and the captions have nothing to do with feet, so what do they do, just browse randomly?). I haven't had any trouble with photos of the kids, oddly enough. I have had some very sketchy friend requests, like, you click into the profile to see if it's someone you know whose username you don't recognize, and it's all naked people over there. You can block people like that, FYI.

I have had some very sketchy friend requests, like, you click into the profile to see if it's someone you know whose username you don't recognize, and it's all naked people over there.

This has NEVER happened to me! hah. I've gotten maybe one or two friend requests from people I don't know.

That's just cute. And adorably captioned. I can see non-nefarious people pointing to it.

Thanks! But it's really not that great of a picture. So....I dunno. And the whole set has gotten waaaaayyy more hits than normal.

Now the water is totally off and my bath is still cold.

This is a legit reason to be late to work, right? Cuz I'm totally late.

Thanks! But it's really not that great of a picture. So....I dunno. And the whole set has gotten waaaaayyy more hits than normal.

I suspect it is the angelic looking blond boy with curls, and they're combing the set to find more pictures of him. Just to put the paranoia up front. He's the choirboy type which has a certain fanbase out there. Sorry. People suck.

It's a very legit reason. Hell, I may have called in unwashed one day when that and a bunch other minor crap just all piled up at once.

I suspect it is the angelic looking blond boy with curls, and they're combing the set to find more pictures of him. Just to put the paranoia up front. He's the choirboy type which has a certain fanbase out there. Sorry. People suck.

ick. But how did they find it???

ick. But how did they find it???

Is it tagged as "family pictures"? Might be some random combing turns it up and then somebody posts the link to an interested group.

That's how it would work with the toe pictures which aren't labeled "here you go foot fetishists!" Maybe they hit on "pedicure" and when they find a winner they post it to their li'l fetish group/mailing list whatever.

Flickr has an interestingness algorithm with which they rank all the pictures. If your pic rates high, you appear on their Explore Interesting page, and lots of people have the opportunity to click on them.

I'm not that bothered by click throughs (although the pic in which I mention Spock has now shot to the top, beating out my Kenya pictures, which is just not right. It's an exceedingly mundane picture), but favourites can creep me out. A pic of my sister was favourited by someone who had sister in his (I guess) username, and his other favourites were all of pretty sisters. I banned him right quick. Another picture of my sister just got favourited, and by looking at his favourites it seems he really likes Princess Margaret. He's good. No need to defend against him.

Fwiw, lisah, from what (very little) I know of the interest in choirboy/Little Lord Fauntleroy types, they mostly want to be a pretty little angelboy. It's on the forced feminization spectrum along with the wild and wacky world of Petticoat Punishment. Here's an even more apt example. Not Work Safe