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https://ktnewslive.com/why-this-pic-of-a-flower-is-suddenly-getting-90-million-hits-a-day-from-india/
A Wikimedia image of a New York aster is getting 90 million hits per day.
A photo of a pretty but otherwise unremarkable flower is mysteriously getting 90 million hits per day – all of them from India. The Wikipedia image of a New York aster has seemingly become a hit in India – and the reason may have something to do with the TikTok ban in the country.
The image in question is hosted on Wikimedia Commons, which is an online repository of free-use images, sounds, other media which can be freely used and reproduced. It shows a purple flower that is commonly found in the meadows of northeast America.
A post on Phabricator – a collaboration platform open to all Wikimedia contributors – highlights that the image gets about 90 million hits per day from various ISPs in India.
Chris Albon, director of Machine Learning at Wikimedia, tweeted about the unusual surge in traffic on Tuesday. “Check out this actual, live ticket about an ongoing mystery. 20% of all requests to one of our data centers for media are for this image of a flower,” he wrote.
“Nobody knows why,” Mr Albon added.
How transparent is Wikimedia?
Check out this actual, live ticket about an ongoing mystery. 20% of all requests to one of our data centers for media are for this image of a flower. Nobody knows why.https://t.co/IHrzpKGVbjpic.twitter.com/Cbw6pC9txd