The science of selfies...

[Doug]

The science of selfies: researcher finds the secrets to a successful snap:
http://news.yahoo.com/science-selfies-researcher-finds-secrets-successful-snap-092434401.html

Excerpts from the article:

And according to the researchers, if you want to get as many people as possible to view your selfie it needs to feature three things: color, sexiness and tags.

The brighter the colors, ideally yellows and pinks, the more popular the picture is going to be with viewers. Therefore avoid blue and green tones in the foreground.

Perhaps unsurprisingly the same goes for sex. The algorithm used is able to analyze images on content as well as context and found that shots featuring underwear, miniskirts and bikinis had the most "positive impact."

And last and most obviously, when posting to social media sites, the more tags accompanying the image, the better chance it has of being discovered and viewed.

 

[rbiemer]

I just can't see how any selfie I took with "underwear, miniskirts and bikinis" would be in any way positive...the tags if they were honest would have to be "Auuggh! My eyes!", "Look away!", and the ever popular "WTF!?" 😀
Rob

 

[Richard G]

Wasn't there someone recently who had a selfie at something with a whole lot of other people that was viral or whatever you call it. I think Obama did similar. Fits the theory?

 

[Bob Michaels]

While internet fads come and go, Cindy Sherman's late 1970's work "Untitled Movie Stills" set the bar so high for selfies. It is timeless enough that Madonna sponsored the exhibit at MOMA. I treasure my first edition of the book.

It is good that Cindy Sherman did not try to follow the guidelines in the article.

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

Fads come and fads go but silliness goes on forever. :angel:

 

[charjohncarter]

One thing that would improve a 'selfie' is to have a longer focal length lens. Ellen DG just looked like she was all nose.