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I don't doubt that there are many things that can be explained with psychology around __why__ we take selfies, but I feel that this is a perfect case of Occam's
by opdahl 5y ago
I don't doubt that there are many things that can be explained with psychology around __why__ we take selfies, but I feel that this is a perfect case of Occam's razor. As in we take selfies because we want to take a photo of ourselves, and the easiest way to do that is to do it yourself. I can imagine you would get considerable less selfies taken if it would actually require another person taking the photo for you (while still making it qualify as a selfie).
- be_nice 5y ago> I feel that this is a perfect case of Occam's razor. As in we take selfies because we want to take a photo of ourselves I think this is just jumping up a level of abstraction, abstracting away precisely what this article is attempting to explain.
- tremon 5y agoAs a counterpoint, when I was grew up it was very common to ask a random passerby to take a picture of you while you posed. Maybe we don't do that anymore because we've become too accustomed to doing it ourselves, maybe we're just too isolated from each other to invite/allow others into our lives, if even for fifteen seconds.
- electroly 5y agoIf we're considering all possibilities, I think you need to consider the possibility that it's simply because we have front-facing cameras now, so taking it yourself is much easier than it used to be. It's hard to take a selfie with a traditional camera.
- amelius 5y agoHint: it does not matter who takes the photo. It matters who is on the photo.