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How To Turn Your Flickr Crush Into Real Romance
By Keith Axline
While traveling in Japan in 2004, a Scottish Flickr user with the handle "matt" snapped a photo of a girl with a camera. He uploaded it to Flickr with the title, "Mystery Girl in Harajuku."
A few weeks later, a friend of the mystery girl clicked on a link to photos tagged with "Harajuku" and stumbled upon the photo and also a picture of Matt. Though Mystery Girl's back is turned in the picture, the friend recognized her shoulder tattoo. He sent her the link to that photo and to Matt's pic.
The mystery girl was in fact CherryVega, another Flickr user living in England. Cherry posted a comment underneath Matt's fateful photo with a link to the picture she was taking at the time. Three months later, Matt was on his way to London to meet Cherry in person. They fell in love, and the rest is Flickr history.
For those of us who don't have the winning love lottery ticket, this situation is not easily replicated. But if you love photography -- and you love wanting to love -- you can use this guide to turn a Flickr crush into a real relationship.
This step-by-step guide is strictly for the gents: I've learned my lesson about telling women what to do, so I'll leave that guide for someone else to write.
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Mindy: doode, you should craigslist that guy
Mindy: for missed connections
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Originally posted on themaykazine.vox.com