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

[EMode]

Lol...my friends do like to see my pics...that's why they are my friends on facebook, instagram or twitter. If they didn't they wouldn't be my friends. I love seeing pics of my friends....friend's vacations, what they had for breakfast if it was tasty, their cats, dogs, kids...and I don't care if they post 10-20 pics a day...I LOVE pictures and am very annoyed right now at my friend that's in Hawaii that has posted 2 stinkin pics and I KNOW she has her iphone with her.

I'm not talking about vacation photos, or photos of your dog, I'm talking about those stupid selfies of you doing nothing but posing in front of your phone with a stupid face, or your sexy face, or your serious face etc. I'm talking about people who post a picture of themself doing nothing but seeking attention. That is what a selfie means to me. You in front of the castle, is you in front of the castle (although you could just share a pic of the castle, but at least you aren't the main focus KWIM).

 

[EMode]

And this seems to be part of the problem, people friending people they aren't actually friends with! I agree with you, I like seeing pics of my friends/family, but I also don't accept friend requests from people who aren't really my friends!

I love my family and my friends but I really don't need to see your stupid selfies. I know what you look like

 

[MichelleVW]

Best selfie EVER was by a photo pass guy in Epcot. My BFF and I were getting ready to take a selfie in front of SSE and he said, "Don't take a selfie...let me do it!" We laughed and said, "ok..but we love selfie's" He said, "I like selfie's too" Later on that night while looking back on the pictures on my friends phone ....turned out that our photo pass friend had turned the camera around and took a selfie of himself before he took our picture! It was hysterical to us and my friend even included his selfie pic in her blog lol!

 

[Burnedout]

I'd much rather moms take pictures of themselves and their babies than be stupid like me and avoid pictures so there are very few for my kids.

No one is forced to look at others pictures feeds or tweets. I don't tweet and never remember to check into Instagram but I do like knowing about the lives of a relatively small number of people. Even if it is about their lunch.

I'm always amused by people who think they are do much better than others that enjoy the options.

 

[DisneyNutMary]

I don't hate selfies so much as I hate when people constantly post selfies where they are looking at the phone and taking the picture in a mirror. I can't figure out if they are so into themselves that they would rather stare at themselves on the phone screen than make eye contact with the mirror/viewer or if they think that people will be fooled into thinking they were caught unaware by the photographer and were photographed looking away shyly.

 

[MichelleVW]

I'm not talking about vacation photos, or photos of your dog, I'm talking about those stupid selfies of you doing nothing but posing in front of your phone with a stupid face, or your sexy face, or your serious face etc. I'm talking about people who post a picture of themself doing nothing but seeking attention. That is what a selfie means to me. You in front of the castle, is you in front of the castle (although you could just share a pic of the castle, but at least you aren't the main focus KWIM).

So we gather...you don't like "stupid selfies" lol. But I'm guessing you don't follow too many teenagers on instagram so you shouldn't see many.

According to Wikipedia ....

A selfie is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. Selfies are often shared on social networking services such as Instagram, Snapchat, and Tumblr. They are often casual, and are typically taken either with a camera held at arm's length or in a mirror.


So the ones I take of myself wherever with whatever in the background are still called selfies since I took it myself lol.

 

[Burnedout]

Sometimes a selfie is the only option. My last fb profile pic always a selfie in the car. I wanted to show the new color and cut. Narcissist that I am.

 

[librarymom2007]

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.

Same for me. I took a selfie with Mickey last week!

 

[BadgerGirl84]

Wrong thread oops

 

[Pixiedustaway]

No, I don't take selfish. Not on a regular basis. Once in a blue moon with my kids, but I don't take any of just me. They make me nutty to see them on fb constantly.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I don't mind them as long as they are tasteful--no, I don't want to see your best seductive stripper pose. And as long as it isn't obsessive.

I do selfies, but I do my best to make them not look like one by how I position my arm. I met Dean Butler (Almanzo!) recently. He happily obliged to the "selfie". I was pretty stoked to meet Manly and post about it that I wasn't too concerned if others don't like selfies. But I guess that technically isn't a selfie.

In any case--I did cast selfies when my ankle was broken. Not many and all in good fun.

 

[Dax]

I rarely do of just myself, unless I am in a strange situation, like a month ago I was driving a 27' Diesel truck....I felt like a trucker...LOL...Lately though, now that my DD is so interested in my phone, and getting her picture taken, I will jump in for a few selfies....Since I am the picture taker, there are fewer pictures of us together...If people don't like seeing them...they can scroll down..

 

[FINFAN]

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?

I don't take them

pretty bored with them. I am a fan of candid shots, the ones that capture the moment, not the ego

 

[Julian42]

Not photogenic *sob*

 

[marius97]

Selfies only slightly annoy me...What truly annoys me though is people who insist on having their picture taken with you with their head touching your head...Wrong on so many level. First, GET OUT OF MY BUBBLE!!! Sorry, but I like my personal space. Second, when your head is tilted at a 45 degree angle to be next to mine, it ruins the look of the picture. Third, an article was making the rounds a month or two ago about how doing this was leading to the spread of lice. Yuck.

 

[minniebeth]

Selfies are a staple in our house with teenaged and pre-teen girls.
I think they're fun and cute. Yes, they can get annoying, and yes, I frequently hear myself saying enough is enough to them.
They are not self-absorbed (quite the contrary actually), it's just the trend.
Instagram and other social media sites are the preferred choices for teenagers and young adults now, Facebook is for the old people now, lol.
Even with the characters in Disney, they seem to love taking selfies with people. (Guessing they're the selfie generation) They have made for some awesome memories.
Again, it's just a trend, and I'm sure my girls will not be taking and posting selfies when they are 80 years old.

 

[ChiCat]

I have taken two that I can remember... my husband and I on the Dumbo ride lol and one of my new haircut (I cut a lot of hair off) I recently blocked an old high school friend because that's all she ever posted was at least one selfie per day. I feel sorry for her because I think she has low self-esteem but it got annoying after awhile.

 

[Katy Belle]

I'm clearly in the minority, but I like seeing selfies! I'm only on Facebook, no other social media sites, and I have a short Friend List on Facebook, so they are all people I know well and care about. I have very few teens as friends, mostly my own kids and my nieces and nephews. My feed is not overrun by selfies, so when I do see one, I'm happy to see it!

I have taken a few selfies, but never of just myself. I took one with Rafiki at WDW, it was FUN! I took one of DS18 and I in his dorm room when we were moving him in for the first time. Very few, but they did go on Facebook!

I can see if being annoying if it is constant.

 

[EMode]

So we gather...you don't like "stupid selfies" lol. But I'm guessing you don't follow too many teenagers on instagram so you shouldn't see many.

According to Wikipedia ....

A selfie is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. Selfies are often shared on social networking services such as Instagram, Snapchat, and Tumblr. They are often casual, and are typically taken either with a camera held at arm's length or in a mirror.


So the ones I take of myself wherever with whatever in the background are still called selfies since I took it myself lol.

No I don't follow many teens on instagram but I have 2 teens myself and plenty of nieces and nephews on FB. I also have some adult friends who love selfies.
And yes I do realize there is a difference but I still stand by the statement that if you are posting your selfie (whichever kind) for everyone else to see it then you are doing it for attention, "look at where I am, look at what I am doing, look at me" which IMO makes you a little self absorbed. It makes no difference if someone wants to see it, you are posting it because you want them to see you.

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I don't see what all the hubbub is about. There are 10 million things more important in life than worrying about people taking selfies.