"Selfies"...Do you take them? Do you like seeing them?

[BadgerGirl84]

I think "selfie" is pretty much my most-hated word at the moment. I am tired of seeing them in my Facebook feed and tired of seeing celebrity ones on Good Morning America and the like.

I can't say I've ever been compelled to take a true "selfie." I guess one time I wanted to show my new haircut to my mom and sister (sent via text...not broadcasted on social media).

I totally understand traveling and sightseeing and wanting your picture taken with something famous in the background...and not having someone else available to take your photo. But what I don't understand is a person's desire to take lots of pictures of themselves and blast them all over social media. I think social media has made some people very self centered. The way I see it, if I see something cool I want to take a picture of, I don't see how the picture would be at all improved by me putting my own mug in front of it before snapping the picture.

Or...another example...I have a mom friend who posts 6-8 "selfies" of her and her baby each day. I love seeing baby pictures...but she puts her own face next to her baby's in every.single.one. Yes...it's her "right" to do this, I know I can block her...I'm just using this as an example to show how I just don't understand this selfie craze.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Acklander]

I don't take selfies - I have no problem looking at other peoples selfies. It's just a photo. But I'm old enough to remember the dreaded slide shows after family or friends returned from a vacation. There you were a captured audience. With the selfies you can just move on to the next post, or quietly block their posts. Trust me, we have evolved forward on this one.

 

[soccerdad72]

Never taken one myself. I can take or leave seeing them. They're fine, but can be annoying especially when folks post endless streams of them daily.

 

[Kogo Shuko]

When I was younger and social media was first taking off, I admit I took selfies. I particularly enjoyed taking them when I got my hair done or got a new outfit.

But as I get older, I am less likely to take a selfie, unless I'm trying to be silly. I have one of me sticking my tongue, which I put up before heading off on vacation two years ago. I have another selfie of myself and a friend making FUN of the duck face. I thought it was funny, so I posted it.

Overall, I'd rather have my picture be more than just me, and usually that requires someone else taking a picture of me. Let me tell you... it is SO HARD to take a selfie with a horse. It's near impossible. So I just find someone else to take a picture of me.

Usually I'm the one behind the camera though, so sometimes there aren't pictures of me in situations I would like pictures of.

I don't HATE selfies, but I do get annoyed by people who put them up constantly.

 

[RyMacJ]

I loathe selfies. I can see every once in a while, but to take them all the time and post them to your social media seems very narcissistic to me. There is a former classmate of mine who literally posts one every single day on fb, and she'll post pics of just her abs or something and put hashtags like hottie, beach body, etc. It's annoying. Yeah, I get she's proud of herself, and I wish I had her build. Still seems arrogant to me.

 

[Laura66]

I don't mind seeing them at all and have taken and posted a handful myself!

Now if people are posting 10-20 a day I might hide their FB feed!

 

[HM]

I like them in moderation. Some people are very clever with them.
I am terrible at taking them and look awful in the ones I've taken, so you won't see one posted that I took. Deleted.

 

[FergieTCat]

I've taken to calling them "Narcissies" (depending on who/what/where/when/why, of course). Some people have taken selfies to a new height of self-involvement.

 

[BadgerGirl84]

I've taken to calling them "Narcissies" (depending on who/what/where/when/why, of course). Some people have taken selfies to a new height of self-involvement.

I'm going to steal that term, if you don't mind!

I think that social media has just given narcissistic people a tool to take things to a whole new level.

Some are fun to see--a new mom taking one (not 20) with her new baby in the hospital...or a couple posing in front of their first home they just closed on...etc. But the whole idea of taking a picture of yourself and posting it on social media just for the heck of it is something I don't get.

 

[MichelleVW]

I have no problem with selfies and think they are fun. No... I don't do it every day and it's never just my face lol. I was at Disney solo a few weeks ago while my daughter checked in to the Disney college program....so yeah...I took selfies of me and the castle, me and the Epcot ball, Me and Everest in the rain....etc. I would personally rather see a picture of my friend's face in front of the castle than just the castle.

Yes...the people that post 10 or more a day I find weird....but a selfie every now and then is fun.

 

[powellrj]

I don't take them because I take the worlds worst pictures.

My DD takes them and I think they are fun! She was at a wedding last weekend and she took some with her and her friends and they turned out really cute.

Its graduations season here and its fun to go to the open houses and see all the pictures of the kids and their friends. Yes most of the are selfies, but they are really cute and fun to look at.

 

[Jennasis]

They're fine...as long as there is no duck-face or posing with a alcoholic beverage. Those are so lame.

 

[LJSquishy]

No and no. I think they are stupid. I also think Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc are stupid. No one cares what you ate for lunch.

 

[kmb584]

Very rarely do I take selfies, and if I do it's because I want a photo of DD and I and there's no one around to take it for us. I'd say that averages out to about 3 times per year. I don't understand the need others feel to snap 20+ of them daily and then post ALL of them to their social media accounts. "New hair!", "New necklace!", "All smiles!", "Serious face!".. ahh, it annoys me. What's worse though is that my friends are all around my age (late 20's - early 30's) and a lot of them act like high schoolers when it comes to taking selfies.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I take them but rarely post them.
It doesn't really bother me to see them unless someone is blowing up my feed.

 

[cluvsdisney]

Not a true selfie, but I take pictures of DH & I in the same shot all the time, esp on vacation. I'm shy about asking someone to take our picture but I love having both of us in pictures together instead of "You stand over there" then "Okay, now you".

I find the only time I don't like selfies is when I don't really care for the person taking them.

 

[Arielle22]

DD19 likes to take selfies. She has a habit of taking mine or DH's IPad and changing the screen saver to a selfie (which we find amusing).

When she graduated high school last year, I took all her selfies and made a big poster and hung it at her graduation party. She had one eye, her mouth, duck face etc. Now the poster hangs in our spare room where she hangs out with her friends.

She doesn't post them on social media however.

 

[NFLDERS]

No & No

The only selfie I enjoyed seeing was when Ellen brought the Celeb group together for one at the awards ceremony.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

I change my FB profile pic about twice a year, but almost never take the pic myself. DW changes hers every month or two. I have one friend who changes hers at least once a day. Thing is, they all look the same

 

[FergieTCat]

I'm going to steal that term, if you don't mind!

I think that social media has just given narcissistic people a tool to take things to a whole new level.

Some are fun to see--a new mom taking one (not 20) with her new baby in the hospital...or a couple posing in front of their first home they just closed on...etc. But the whole idea of taking a picture of yourself and posting it on social media just for the heck of it is something I don't get.

Feel free!!