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I don’t know, isn’t this the same as all social media? I remember reading something along the lines that playing golf is posted on Facebook twice as much as doi

I don’t know, isn’t this the same as all social media? I remember reading something along the lines that playing golf is posted on Facebook twice as much as doing the dishes, yet people spend 5x more time doing the dishes. And if we step back from social media, what about regular pictures? They’re supposed to take candid moments of the real world, but even if we’re having a bad day, we smile and act happy for pictures. I agree that a divide between reality and ideal is happening here, just that it isn’t really new.

gmu3 9y ago
Not only do I think its true of all social media, I think it's less true of Snapchat because the medium has less of a memory. What social media do people think is more candid?
- JustAnotherPat 9y ago
  there's nothing candid about snapchat. Candid is heartfelt. Not something that disappears in 20 seconds.
  - gmu3 9y ago
    The operative word there was more. I also disagree that something that disappears can't be heartfelt but to each their own.
semi-extrinsic 9y ago
> playing golf is posted on Facebook twice as much as doing the dishes, yet people spend 5x more time doing the dishes By that metric traditional newspapers are much worse - the ratio of stories on golf versus on dishwashing is much greater than 5x.
Govannon 9y ago
>what about regular pictures? They’re supposed to take candid moments of the real world I'm not sure that is an accurate representation of photography as a medium, nor has it ever been.
- aesclepius 9y ago
  I profoundly disagree, documentary photography is as ever-present and ever-useful as it has been.
  - xapata 9y ago
    What proportion of photographs are taken with that intent?
VirgilShelton 9y ago
Obviously you’ve never played golf
sah2ed 9y ago
> playing golf is posted on Facebook twice as much as doing the dishes, yet people spend 5x more time doing the dishes. That would be by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz in this NYT article. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/dont-let-facebook-make-you-miserable.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/dont-let-f...

gmu3 9y ago

Not only do I think its true of all social media, I think it's less true of Snapchat because the medium has less of a memory. What social media do people think is more candid?

JustAnotherPat 9y ago
there's nothing candid about snapchat. Candid is heartfelt. Not something that disappears in 20 seconds.
- gmu3 9y ago
  The operative word there was more. I also disagree that something that disappears can't be heartfelt but to each their own.

semi-extrinsic 9y ago

> playing golf is posted on Facebook twice as much as doing the dishes, yet people spend 5x more time doing the dishes By that metric traditional newspapers are much worse - the ratio of stories on golf versus on dishwashing is much greater than 5x.

Govannon 9y ago

>what about regular pictures? They’re supposed to take candid moments of the real world I'm not sure that is an accurate representation of photography as a medium, nor has it ever been.

aesclepius 9y ago
I profoundly disagree, documentary photography is as ever-present and ever-useful as it has been.
- xapata 9y ago
  What proportion of photographs are taken with that intent?

VirgilShelton 9y ago

Obviously you’ve never played golf

sah2ed 9y ago

> playing golf is posted on Facebook twice as much as doing the dishes, yet people spend 5x more time doing the dishes. That would be by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz in this NYT article. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/dont-let-facebook-make-you-miserable.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/opinion/sunday/dont-let-f...