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The interesting thing about the Japanese invented selfie stick is that Japanese (in general) don't share selfies. The stick's point is to not have to bother a s
by tokyodude 8y ago
The interesting thing about the Japanese invented selfie stick is that Japanese (in general) don't share selfies. The stick's point is to not have to bother a stranger not to take picture of yourself for self promotion. Culturally Japanese don't like putting pictures of themselves online
- GuiA 8y agoAnecdata, but I see selfie sticks in Tokyo used for group photos much more than individual selfies. One presumes that the resulting photo is then shared within the group.
- severine 8y agoRight. I think the appeal was not letting the photographer out of the group picture, quite the polite reaction if you ask me.
- tokyodude 8y agomost of the selfie sticks you see in Tokyo are most likely Asian tourists from other countries like China or Taiwan. Those Japanese that do use them would share with theur group but would likely not post publically. That means sharing via private messaging a not posting on a more public news feed