Do you support selfies or not?
Selfies, the word seems to be harmless. The concept of the word is also harmless. But selfies can indeed be dangerous.
When taking selfies, usually we just want to create memories of experiences. But some of us uses selfies as a tool to become famous. How? People use Instagram to upload photos and see if anyone will give a “like” or leave comments. But most importantly, it is to see if anyone would follow them.
Nowadays people take selfies everywhere and usually would upload their photos onto Instagram. Why? Because they want attention and want to become “insta-famous”. Many celebrities use Instagram to satisfy the curious minds of their fans while we, not famous ones, crave for attention because of the lack of security. They want to make sure that others know their existence. But after having followers, they start to lose sight of their own identity. They don’t only care about existence at that stage but also popularity. They don’t want their followers to unfollow them, so they change their styles and lose sight of themselves.
Also, the dependence on the approval of others for our selfies is dangerous. When we only care about the “likes” and comments, we are very likely to be affected by others’ negative comments. We may become emotional and cannot control our feelings.
As people want to become “insta-famous” to have a wider vision in their selfies, inventors took advantage of people’s crave and invented “selfie stick”. The result is very clear: people love the idea and it has taken Hong Kong by storm. Even after years, the storm is still here. Even though selfie sticks are very handy, it is also dangerous.
Some people think that as long as people don’t intentionally hit others with selfie sticks, it is very safe. But I disagree with them. Even if you didn’t mean to hit anyone, it’s still very dangerous since there is a chance of hitting others.
Selfie was named the Oxford dictionary’s word of the year and has proven its going popularity. But I don’t think that’s a good thing.
Jasmine Ng 1A 18