Study: No one really likes to look at your selfies

Feb10

by Sindy Cator on February 10, 2017 at 12:27 am

Two researchers in Munich have found evidence to suggest that, ironically, no one actually wants to look at your ironic selfie. Sarah Diefenback and Lara Christoforakos of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich published a paper in Frontiers in Psychology in January, titled “The Selfie Paradox: Nobody Seems to Like Them Yet Everyone Has Reasons to Take Them.” Of the 238 people surveyed, 77-percent said they take selfies at least once a month, and 49-percent said they receive a selfie at least once a week. 2-percent of respondents, however, said they would like to see fewer selfies on social media. Many also agreed with statements…