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Juliet Waters

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MAY 18, 2009 2:25PM

Sexy Men vs. Sexy Men

Rate: 23 Flag

 

 

Hey Everyone.  Welcome to the first meet of Open Salon Celebrity Feed bowling.

The goal: to see if we can knock  knudge Kaysong's somewhat stale (for us anyways)  sexiest men post off the most viewed feed by replicating the keywords and images that may be proping it up. 

The theory: If we can re-direct some of the traffic to another post, we'll have the same number of hits on OS overall. But unclogg the feed.

The equipment: For now,  one Daniel Craig and one mankini.

 It worked at the first meet of Open Salon/Spamalot  Pitbull bowling.  (Congratulations Harry Homeless!) Let's see if it can work on sexy men, too!

Fingers crossed....

 UPDATE #1 

Well it's been almost six hours and no success.  Which leads to the inevitable conclusion that one sexy Daniel Craig cannot  beat a whole team of middle age beefcake. 

In fact, it seems from my comments that I'm attracting just as many viewers who don't get Craig's sexiness as those who do. 

Maybe they need to see more Daniel Craig swimsuit pictures. Plus it would be interesting to see if a team of sexy Daniel Craigs could knock off a team of mixed sexy men celebrities.  Let's see. 

 

 

 

UPDATE #2

Wow.  Maybe Daniel Craig is not as sexy as we thought.  Twelve hours and only 9 hits.  This is sad.  Get to work Daniel Craigs!  But, first, get dressed! 

 

 

 

 

UPDATE #3. Turns out (thanks Silkstone!) Daniel  Craig's been getting some help from Hugh Jackman.  A Latin American opinion poll has been linking to Kaysong's photo of Jackman for 

Cual os gusta mas?

 

hugh science

UPDATE #4  This graph shows that Hugh is kicking Kim's ass.  And may be scientific evidence for the origin of the sexy man virus that has been gripping our little OS community.

hugh science3

 

So let's see what happens if we add some Jackman to our post. Kind of like a vaccine.

 

 

UPDATE #5:  No change.  And on closer examination I discovered that only 35 people actually voted in that poll.  So maybe this is not the Latin American pandemic I initially thought. So I decided to see if other sexy men were making their way around the world.  By googling Kaysong's Sean Connery image, I've discovered that he is slowly making his way through what seems to be Eastern Europe (I don't know what those languages are. Can anyone here help?)

files_sean_connery_older1226353743

 

 Here he is in Russia with love (although it looks a little bit more like hate.)

sean connery

Wow!  These sexy men are bringing so much traffic to OS.  Wouldn't it be great if more of it read English!

 

UPDATE #6.  Oh wait.  Look. There's hope!:

daniel craig 5

UPDATE #7

So maybe it's time to fight sexy men here with sexy men from abroad.  Not foreign sexy men, god forbid.  But our sexy men in the foreign press.  That seems fair.  Let's try this out with Jared Leto from Italian GQ (thanks Beth Mann)

  Jared Leto-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I'm happy to knock that post off as long as we can keep this picture of Daniel Craig in constant circulation.
Debra Victoroff
May 18, 2009 02:42 PM
But if we knock it off the list, my satire, "Letter from the Psychiatric Ward" will become meaningless -- and I WILL NOT STAND FOR THAT!

(Oh, heck, do what you must).
Steve Blevins
May 18, 2009 02:51 PM
Steve. I don't think it's going to work. For that I would probably have to replicate the title, and I just can't bring my creaky bones to stoop that low. I think both our satires will be safe for perpetuity.
Juliet Waters
May 18, 2009 02:55 PM
OK, for us uninformed men out here. Just what is it about this guy that everyone on the distaff side seems to find sexy?
Boanerges1
May 18, 2009 03:00 PM
Look, I admit it I'm a guy and all that but I just don't get it. I think he's as homely as a paint can. He's the male equivalent of a butter face.
coogansbluf
May 18, 2009 05:07 PM
B1...ah the mystery of Daniel Craig. It's just an animal energy thing. Or maybe it's the way the sun his reflecting off his...uh...jewels. BTW, fellow canuck, was tempted to make this a celebrity curling brier, but too much explaining.

Coogan. Funny, but stick some sunglasses and a beard on that guy, and you could be brothers!
Juliet Waters
May 18, 2009 06:09 PM
Hey! I just googled Daniel Craig/Open Salon and I'm just behind wikipedia and kaysong! This could work! I'm going to go digg myself and see where this leads.
Juliet Waters
May 18, 2009 06:15 PM
Oh no, please don't spoil my illusions about you. Please don't tell me you're a curling ... um ... enthusiast. I'll cry. Right out loud.

But I still don't get Craig....
Boanerges1
May 18, 2009 08:06 PM
Whoa,
Juliet, let's stop clouding the issue with facts.
coogansbluf
May 18, 2009 09:03 PM
Rated, for true sexiness! (And yes, let's knock it down - no offense to Kaysong.)
Shivaun Nestor
May 18, 2009 09:31 PM
Oh Shivaun. I despair. I don't think my sexy Daniel Craig is going to do it on his own. Obviously it' s him against a whole team of middle age celebrity male picture links. And I just don't have the energy to go searching down the other images.

Hey isn't there supposed to be a rule against putting up celebrity pictures in your posts!...Which I'm breaking...but for a noble cause!
Juliet Waters
May 18, 2009 09:38 PM
I am hesitant to confess I do not understand the Craig love, either.
Verbal Remedy AKA Denise
May 18, 2009 09:43 PM
Put up George Clooney and Wentworth Miller. That should do it.

Or, you know, at least I will be very happy.
odetteroulette
May 18, 2009 10:44 PM
Odette: I'm curious to see how far I get with just the Daniel Craigs. But I can keep this up indefinitely since stale posts can always become fresh again on Open Salon as long as you have the right image.

If I haven't made progress by tomorrow I'll start bringing in the guest ringers for sure. And maybe even a pitbull.
Juliet Waters
May 18, 2009 10:51 PM
Judging by the other, small pics, I'd guess he's at his breathtaking best when clothed and in motion.
vonnia
May 18, 2009 11:07 PM
I'll keep that in mind Vonnia. Maybe I'll dress him up before I bring in Clooney and the pitbull.
Juliet Waters
May 18, 2009 11:10 PM
I'm with dcv. Did anyone see that film recently with DC and the wolverine's brother, Liev Schreiber? I liked that a lot but it did not get much attention. Hope this helps knock of KS, it's helping me.
latethink
May 19, 2009 03:51 AM
I am not usually prone to panting over celebrity photos, but this guy does me in. Maybe it's because I'm always picturing him in "Enduring Love" and thus assuming that he's super smart, which, combined with icy blue eyes, is a deadly combo. I don't much care about knocking anyone's post down, but I would appreciate continued easy access to these pics.
Siobhan Curious
May 19, 2009 01:20 PM
Well, there doesn't seem to be any danger of knocking the post down anyways. And now I'm just feeling really happy to be this vessel of Craig-ocity. You know he IS smart. He was so hot in Enduring Love. And as Ted Hughes. And as that carpenter guy who gave new life to that old woman in The Mother. ::sigh::
Juliet Waters
May 19, 2009 01:29 PM
I noodled around with this the other day and there was more than one image in that Pit Bulls post that popped up at the top of a Google Image search. One was Craig but can't recall who the other one was. So I'd try finding that out and then put that same guy's pic in your post, as well.
Nelle Engoron
May 19, 2009 01:40 PM
also, I think it takes some time for these searches to re-calibrate. I don't know what algorithms that Google uses but it's sort of self-feeding, I think - the more people click on a link, the higher it appears in the search results. So it takes some time.
Nelle Engoron
May 19, 2009 01:42 PM
Omg Silkstone! I've located another one. There's this latin American fansite that is asking people to vote on who is sexier, Hugh Jackman and some other dude I don't know. They're using kaysong photo to link to everytime someone votes. Don't know if putting Hugh Jackman on the team will help, but it's worth a shot.
Juliet Waters
May 19, 2009 01:55 PM
This is wonderfully funny, Juliet. I don't understand all the techno stuff, but I think I get the general idea.

Thanks for adding Hugh Jackman.

I'm with odetteroulette -- George Clooney would make me even happier!
Maria Stuart
May 19, 2009 03:39 PM
beyond meta, what a hoot!
Roy Jimenez
May 20, 2009 05:02 AM
This IS real journalism!

Okay, it's not, but it is awesome. I fully support this.

Perhaps someone could nicely ask KaySong to just take her post down. Anyone want to volunteer to bell the cat?
shaggylocks
May 20, 2009 01:03 PM
I'm not going to take what Stellaa wrote personally. I think/hope she meant that this whole sexy men thing is a cautionary tale about just what it takes to get a huge readership on the blog: celebrity photos.

I'm not going to ask Kaysong to take it down. It looks like she's continuing to enjoy moderating this debate for however long it lasts (i.e. forever.) And maybe it's a good reminder that we should be writing according to our own values and not what compels other people to click. Plus if she takes it down another viral image post will replace it. It's the feed, not the post that's the problem.

But thanks for the kind words. I owe it all to you Shaggy. I never would have been inspired on my world wide adventure if it weren't for your Daniel Craig photo with gratuitous curlyness.
Juliet Waters
May 20, 2009 01:14 PM
Stellaa. The Mother was the FIRST thing I saw him in. When the news was announced that he was playing Bond I thought: man that guy's face looks familiar. I really thought he was brilliant in the film. That scene where he breaks down into the rage of a passive aggressive womanizer...now THAT's naked... I've never been able to see him as just a swimsuit model.

Of course I know you're teasing...And I can take it.
Juliet Waters
May 20, 2009 02:19 PM
I agree with you Juliet about the RSS feed being the issue, not Kaysong. I'm not a computer expert but how difficult would it be to write a piece of computer code that would exclude posts older than a month from the most viewed list?

Certainly a month in the limelight is enough for anyone.
Travis D'arby
May 20, 2009 02:26 PM
OK. Here's a thought. Why doesn't someone just go in and delete the damn thing. Wouldn't that solve the problem a lot easier than all of this other stuff?
Gwool
May 20, 2009 08:44 PM
Well, Debbie Downer (thanks Mary!).... where's the fun in that? Plus I don't think we can actually do that.
Juliet Waters
May 20, 2009 10:09 PM
I don't know about you but I predict the Kaysong/Poyner ticket will be unstoppable in 2012.
Monsieur Chariot
May 20, 2009 10:43 PM
You are taking a much needed scientific look at this problem and for that, I appreciate.

But can I finally say this? The guys on her post aren't that sexy. Daniel Craig? I mean, I don't mean to knock him (cuz he's a good actor) but he looks a little, dare I say, primate in a few of these shots?

And Sean Effin' Connery. Come on. My great grandfather has more sex appeal...and he's been dead for a century.

Sorry, had to get that out. Man...take a look at some shots of Jared Leto in Italy's GQ. THAT'S sexy.

http://accidentalsexiness.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/jared-leto-in-italy-gq-magazine/leto3/

Craig is showing off jewels? How did I miss that. Okay, I may have to retract.
Beth Mann
May 21, 2009 08:27 AM
Hmm.... Beth. You've given me an idea. Maybe we can combat the stale sexiness of Kaysong's post with fresh globally produced sexiness. Okay Jared Leto is American. But Italian GQ! Gotta get to work now. But I will add that picture later on today.
Juliet Waters
May 21, 2009 09:00 AM
Maybe it takes more than 48 hours to reset the google?
Behind Blue Eyes
May 21, 2009 09:31 AM
I'm going to keep trying BBE. The great thing about this challenge is that there's obviously no hurry.
Juliet Waters
May 21, 2009 09:40 AM
You are a scream.

I would do Craig in a heartbeat. Anyone who thinks he isn't sexy is nuts!
Lisa Solod
May 21, 2009 07:40 PM
I command you and your minions to cease and desist this insurrection against Kaysong's crown! Kaysong is the rightful ruler of the OS kingdom and the Sexiest Men Living are her National Guard!
Monsieur Chariot
May 25, 2009 09:20 AM
Just found this. Stick a Robert Pattinson pic on here, or blog about the Gosselins. And then create a provocative title like "Robert Pattinson wrestling the Plus 8 - naked" and then maybe you'll have a shot.
knightwriter
June 18, 2009 09:17 AM