Everything in moderation is fine , you can still take pictures and enjoy the experience there and then, and have something to look back on like I do, but i would agree with the poster who said it's probably a sign of one's insecurity that take them instantly and feel the need to upload them to social media telling everyone what an amazing time there having, I know people that do this but in actual fact are sitting there with a face on them having a miserable time
There is a special place in hell for people who take more than 1 or 2 quick shots at a gig, and even more so for those recording crappy footage on their iPhones.
It does not matter if people are filming everything.
The insecure people are the ones who are moaning about what other people are doing. You are control freaks. Mind your own business.
Except in the case of social media don't people sort of make it other people's business when they put it up there for all their friends to be bored by?
Second part in bold, NO! are you serious with this sentence? I've been bumped into by enough people immersed by their phones to know that they aren't.
I assume you mis-read me. I said Just because a person DOESN'T have their phone out, are we to automatically assume that they are fully present in the moment?
Except in the case of social media don't people sort of make it other people's business when they put it up there for all their friends to be bored by?
No. The beauty of social media is that nobody is forcing anybody to look at or read anything. It is not like being trapped in a room with a loud dominant bore.
No. The beauty of social media is that nobody is forcing anybody to look at or read anything. It is not like being trapped in a room with a loud dominant bore.
You can hide them from your timeline, sure, but that's just the online equivalent of getting the bore to leave the room. Point being, when you put something on social media it's inherently disingenuous to claim people should mind their own business.
As far as real life goes, I agree: someone taking all the pictures/videos they want is their prerogative (though at a gig it's liable to be bloody annoying).
Very often the problem with "the moment", especially concerts, is that the moment is dull and I thank the heavens that I have other options such as my phone to do something less dull or to find a less dull angle on the moment via my camera and a chat with someone somewhere else.
This secondhand hippy drippy crap about the sanctity of the moment is bollocks.
You can hide them from your timeline, sure, but that's just the online equivalent of getting the bore to leave the room. Point being, when you put something on social media it's inherently disingenuous to claim people should mind their own business.
You scroll scroll scroll past the uninteresting stuff until there is something you are interested in. Unless you only have a handful of social media friends, in which case find some more.
Very often the problem with "the moment", especially concerts, is that the moment is dull and I thank the heavens that I have other options such as my phone to do something less dull or to find a less dull angle on the moment via my camera and a chat with someone somewhere else.
This secondhand hippy drippy crap about the sanctity of the moment is bollocks.
Are you saying that at a concert you call one of your friends on the phone for a chat if you're not enjoying the show? :eek:
You scroll scroll scroll past the uninteresting stuff until there is something you are interested in. Unless you only have a handful of social media friends, in which case find some more.
Fear not, I hide many people from my timeline. In fact FB is little more than a private messaging service for me now. There tends to be a negative correlation between the volume of content a person posts on there and the value of said content, and it's not hard to determine very quickly the users who'll bombard you with junk.
Fear not, I hide many people from my timeline. In fact FB is little more than a private messaging service for me now. There tends to be a negative correlation between the volume of content a person posts on there and the value of said content, and it's not hard to determine very quickly the users who'll bombard you with junk.
A huge chunk of my Facebook friends are scientists and people in professions and locations and income brackets and lifestyles etc etc that I'd rarely encounter nor ever socialise with "in the moment".
I don't see the point of using social media to only communicate with people I already know offline.
One time I felt this was at the Grand Canyon when I was taking picture after picture and realised that I was not taking it in really. So just put the camera away and just enjoyed the view, something that can't be repeated by looking at photos, as they don't do it justice.
Someone I know used a disposable camera to take some photos, when she put the camera into the photo shop, they came back blank. So when they say the camera never lies, it does.:(
Comments
This is nonsense. Most people have the distraction IN THEIR HEAD. This has always been the case.
The insecure people are the ones who are moaning about what other people are doing. You are control freaks. Mind your own business.
Except in the case of social media don't people sort of make it other people's business when they put it up there for all their friends to be bored by?
I assume you mis-read me. I said Just because a person DOESN'T have their phone out, are we to automatically assume that they are fully present in the moment?
No. The beauty of social media is that nobody is forcing anybody to look at or read anything. It is not like being trapped in a room with a loud dominant bore.
You can hide them from your timeline, sure, but that's just the online equivalent of getting the bore to leave the room. Point being, when you put something on social media it's inherently disingenuous to claim people should mind their own business.
As far as real life goes, I agree: someone taking all the pictures/videos they want is their prerogative (though at a gig it's liable to be bloody annoying).
This secondhand hippy drippy crap about the sanctity of the moment is bollocks.
You scroll scroll scroll past the uninteresting stuff until there is something you are interested in. Unless you only have a handful of social media friends, in which case find some more.
Are you saying that at a concert you call one of your friends on the phone for a chat if you're not enjoying the show? :eek:
In the year 2014 I text and send photos
Fear not, I hide many people from my timeline. In fact FB is little more than a private messaging service for me now. There tends to be a negative correlation between the volume of content a person posts on there and the value of said content, and it's not hard to determine very quickly the users who'll bombard you with junk.
A huge chunk of my Facebook friends are scientists and people in professions and locations and income brackets and lifestyles etc etc that I'd rarely encounter nor ever socialise with "in the moment".
I don't see the point of using social media to only communicate with people I already know offline.
Mobile technology enables us to expand our individual moments.
So... FB is basically Twitter for you, then?