http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/too-many-facebook-photos-study_n_3749053.html
I have some cousins and friends who excessively post photos on FB. I was here, I was there.. I ate here... or here I am in dress A, dress B, etc.
Somehow it was putting me off. I was wondering what is wrong with me?
What are these people trying to convey when they do such things on FB? Have I myself analysed why I post certain things on FB? Have I ended up irritating people on FB?
When we all use a tool just because it is available, we use it for different purposes. We mostly use it without our skill-interests domain. Everyone on FB is there for a reason.
At some point, it pays to know what you're doing and how you're using a tool.
I know so many people who drive cars and bikes but do not know basic skills and etiquettes. Just because I want to drive and own a bike, I drive. I am a threat to others. Human race is a very curious race indeed. I recently came across a guy who said "Once I'm on my bike and I bump up the speed, I will not stop even if someone else is heading towards me. I will do a head on". I don't know to how many people this guy has become a daily threat. You can do whatever, with your life, but not with someone else's.
We all occasionally like to show off certain things - our new haircut, our wedding dress, our skills or our faces or our kids photos or our achievements n our prosperity (eating at a hi fi place, the new car we bought, etc). That's fine. But, if that's the only thing you're doing always, you come across as a one sided person... and it can be very boring. You can use FB to build an image of yourself. Everyone would want to build an interesting image of themselves, wouldn't they? If Katrina posted only her photos on twitter or FB, how many fans will she finally have? It would get monotonous. We want to know what's happening in one's life.. if something interesting happened..or they did something interesting... or saw something interesting.. or their hobbies, etc.
I for one, seem to write mostly about:
Funny incidents.
Wishing friends.
Connecting to wildlife photographers.
Connecting with my family.
Share some of our trip photos.
Share some interesting study / book/ quote/ link.
Repost photos/ info from friends.
Raise awareness on some social issues - like dark is beautiful campaign, traffic jam.
Appreciate what my friends are doing.
I am sure at some point I must have annoyed people due to my cribs abt Bangalore traffic but due to introspection I have changed.
People should know some rules and have some personal rules for disclosure on FB. That would make FB an interesting place to hangout. I know many people have turned out of FB due to the noise!
Some old posts that I want to retain:
Stephen Key from inventright.com: My father gave me some advice many, many years ago. He said, "Look, whatever you want to do in life, find something that you love but also find someone that's doing it and get as close as you can to them. That will help you on your road because they've already traveled it." So don't travel down this road by yourself. You need a road map and you need a travel guide and find one.
Sign On A Famous Beauty Parlor Window: Don't Whistle At The Girls Going Out From Here. She May Be Your Grandmother !
Sometimes you have to have the courage to follow your soul or inner voice even if it means sacrificing the things you loved and saved for all your life and having to start your life afresh. The loss incurred (if any) is far lesser compared to living with that unfulfilled voice and that nagging "what if". Listening to that inner call makes you richer in unusual ways.
Adman Prahlad Kakkar told "Market research is the toilet paper which a team of decision makers use when they are afraid to take a decision or own up for a mistake" Just loved it.
The battle is easy to fight if the enemy is outside.
Excerpts:
A new study from the U.K. confirms what we've long suspected: Oversharing of Facebook photos is more than just a nuisance, and uploading a hundred "selfies" per day could very well be damaging to your real-world relationships.
The study found that both excessive photo sharing and sharing photos of a certain type makes almost everyone like you less.
"This is because people, other than very close friends and relatives, don't seem to relate well to those who constantly share photos of themselves," explained Dr. David Houghton, the study's lead author, in a statement released by Scotland's Heriot-Watt University. "It’s worth remembering that the information we post to our 'friends' on Facebook, actually gets viewed by lots of different categories of people: partners; friends; family; colleagues and acquaintances; and each group seems to take a different view of the information shared."
The study evaluated various types of photographs (self, friend, event, family, scene, object and animal), and how each affected a handful of different types of relationships (a relative, partner, close friend, colleague and a general Facebook friend). To gauge the impacts of the photos on relationships, 508 participants were then polled, and their reactions were measured on a scale of "support" and "intimacy."
In an email to The Huffington Post, Dr. Houghton defined "intimacy" as "how close an individual is to another." He described "support" as "how much the two individuals in question would provide help to one another."
While the specific correlations between each type of relationship and each type of picture are a bit messy to be summarized here, at least one general rule is clear: "Increased frequency of sharing photographs of the self, regardless of the type of target sharing the photographs, is related to a decrease in intimacy," the researchers noted in the study.
Interestingly, researchers also examined how Facebook users' relationships changed when they posted to a brand's Facebook fan page or published photos that advocate commercial products or causes.
Spoiler alert: Nobody likes that, either.
"While benefiting brand awareness and critical mass of a Facebook fan page for a brand, organization or cause, sharing photographs may be harmful to those asked to participate," according to the study report.
As CNET sees it, "If you're one of those people who posts pictures of yourself to the Corn Flakes fan page, you are yourself a corn flake."
So what's the takeaway from all this?
"We think people should use social network sites ... and enjoy the benefits they bring, because after all they are fun, or we wouldn't be using them. But just be careful about what [you] are sharing," Dr. Houghton told The HuffPost, adding, "Think twice, post once."
I have some cousins and friends who excessively post photos on FB. I was here, I was there.. I ate here... or here I am in dress A, dress B, etc.
Somehow it was putting me off. I was wondering what is wrong with me?
What are these people trying to convey when they do such things on FB? Have I myself analysed why I post certain things on FB? Have I ended up irritating people on FB?
When we all use a tool just because it is available, we use it for different purposes. We mostly use it without our skill-interests domain. Everyone on FB is there for a reason.
At some point, it pays to know what you're doing and how you're using a tool.
I know so many people who drive cars and bikes but do not know basic skills and etiquettes. Just because I want to drive and own a bike, I drive. I am a threat to others. Human race is a very curious race indeed. I recently came across a guy who said "Once I'm on my bike and I bump up the speed, I will not stop even if someone else is heading towards me. I will do a head on". I don't know to how many people this guy has become a daily threat. You can do whatever, with your life, but not with someone else's.
We all occasionally like to show off certain things - our new haircut, our wedding dress, our skills or our faces or our kids photos or our achievements n our prosperity (eating at a hi fi place, the new car we bought, etc). That's fine. But, if that's the only thing you're doing always, you come across as a one sided person... and it can be very boring. You can use FB to build an image of yourself. Everyone would want to build an interesting image of themselves, wouldn't they? If Katrina posted only her photos on twitter or FB, how many fans will she finally have? It would get monotonous. We want to know what's happening in one's life.. if something interesting happened..or they did something interesting... or saw something interesting.. or their hobbies, etc.
I for one, seem to write mostly about:
Funny incidents.
Wishing friends.
Connecting to wildlife photographers.
Connecting with my family.
Share some of our trip photos.
Share some interesting study / book/ quote/ link.
Repost photos/ info from friends.
Raise awareness on some social issues - like dark is beautiful campaign, traffic jam.
Appreciate what my friends are doing.
I am sure at some point I must have annoyed people due to my cribs abt Bangalore traffic but due to introspection I have changed.
People should know some rules and have some personal rules for disclosure on FB. That would make FB an interesting place to hangout. I know many people have turned out of FB due to the noise!
Some old posts that I want to retain:
Stephen Key from inventright.com: My father gave me some advice many, many years ago. He said, "Look, whatever you want to do in life, find something that you love but also find someone that's doing it and get as close as you can to them. That will help you on your road because they've already traveled it." So don't travel down this road by yourself. You need a road map and you need a travel guide and find one.
Sign On A Famous Beauty Parlor Window: Don't Whistle At The Girls Going Out From Here. She May Be Your Grandmother !
Sometimes you have to have the courage to follow your soul or inner voice even if it means sacrificing the things you loved and saved for all your life and having to start your life afresh. The loss incurred (if any) is far lesser compared to living with that unfulfilled voice and that nagging "what if". Listening to that inner call makes you richer in unusual ways.
Adman Prahlad Kakkar told "Market research is the toilet paper which a team of decision makers use when they are afraid to take a decision or own up for a mistake" Just loved it.
The battle is easy to fight if the enemy is outside.
Excerpts:
A new study from the U.K. confirms what we've long suspected: Oversharing of Facebook photos is more than just a nuisance, and uploading a hundred "selfies" per day could very well be damaging to your real-world relationships.
The study found that both excessive photo sharing and sharing photos of a certain type makes almost everyone like you less.
"This is because people, other than very close friends and relatives, don't seem to relate well to those who constantly share photos of themselves," explained Dr. David Houghton, the study's lead author, in a statement released by Scotland's Heriot-Watt University. "It’s worth remembering that the information we post to our 'friends' on Facebook, actually gets viewed by lots of different categories of people: partners; friends; family; colleagues and acquaintances; and each group seems to take a different view of the information shared."
The study evaluated various types of photographs (self, friend, event, family, scene, object and animal), and how each affected a handful of different types of relationships (a relative, partner, close friend, colleague and a general Facebook friend). To gauge the impacts of the photos on relationships, 508 participants were then polled, and their reactions were measured on a scale of "support" and "intimacy."
In an email to The Huffington Post, Dr. Houghton defined "intimacy" as "how close an individual is to another." He described "support" as "how much the two individuals in question would provide help to one another."
While the specific correlations between each type of relationship and each type of picture are a bit messy to be summarized here, at least one general rule is clear: "Increased frequency of sharing photographs of the self, regardless of the type of target sharing the photographs, is related to a decrease in intimacy," the researchers noted in the study.
Interestingly, researchers also examined how Facebook users' relationships changed when they posted to a brand's Facebook fan page or published photos that advocate commercial products or causes.
Spoiler alert: Nobody likes that, either.
"While benefiting brand awareness and critical mass of a Facebook fan page for a brand, organization or cause, sharing photographs may be harmful to those asked to participate," according to the study report.
As CNET sees it, "If you're one of those people who posts pictures of yourself to the Corn Flakes fan page, you are yourself a corn flake."
So what's the takeaway from all this?
"We think people should use social network sites ... and enjoy the benefits they bring, because after all they are fun, or we wouldn't be using them. But just be careful about what [you] are sharing," Dr. Houghton told The HuffPost, adding, "Think twice, post once."
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