Selfie has been a global phenomenon for quite sometime now. Almost everyone on the planet takes one. Filipinos are not left behind with that craze. Believe it or not, The Philippines has the majority, if not, the most die hard selfie fans and we have analytically proof!
On Chris Wilson's article "The Selfiest Cities in the World: TIME's Definitive Ranking" on time.com. They built a database using Instagram photos with “selfie” as its tag and included geographic coordinates. They determined 459 cities as the selfiest places on earth and concurred that Makati and Pasig is the selfie capital of the world with 258 selfie-takers per 100,000 people and Cebu as the 9th with 99 selfie-takers per 100,000 people.
Ginawa mo na ba 'to? Selfie sa fitting room. #Hahahampaslupa 😂😂Wilson says, "An examination of hundreds of thousands of selfies—the low-fi, self-shot photographs that are intensely popular among younger social media users—suggests that the city, part of metropolitan Manila and home to 500,000 people, produces more selfies per capita than any other city in the world."
Looking at the numbers, I didn't expect it to be like this. Yeah, I know Filipinos love to love themselves but this numbers are for me, just alarming to know. I don't think it's a bad thing, yet. But it might be someday, right? It may be something good for all we know. Tourism anyone? Well, I just don't wanna wake up one morning and see a bunch of photos of random people all over the Filipino cyberspace.
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Andrea Ayala's article "The online etiquette of the 'selfie generation' " on rappler.com sheds some light on why Filipinos are in to selfies and with social media in general. She tells stores of people and their encounter with the medium. She even goes out and talk about what young people are doing wrong.
Yesterday🙈 #IWasBored #lol #instagood #followforfollow #likeforlike #filipino #pinoy #Kobe9
Ayala says, "Although teenagers have a personal understanding about what should and shouldn’t be posted online, as we continue to explore social networking sites, most of these opinions are far from being echoed by a majority."
It's a know fact that majority of selfies Filipinos take are either nonsensical or just brag photos. Just look for Filipinos on instagram and you'll see thousands, if not, millions. But amidst all of the Filipino vanity there are still some young Filipinos who know the proper etiquette. I just wish there was more of them.
source: totalprosports.com
With all that being said. We should be proud of our achievement. It's a good thing we are all well known for something other than Manny Pacquiao. It's an awesome group effort people. Be proud Makati, Pasig and Cebu! Be proud Philippines! I guess.
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