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Another theory is that people take selfies as a way to show the world what they want their life to be like. Selfiesusually show a person when he is looking his best or doing something fun. They show who a person wants to be. Clive Thompson is a technology writer. He told the New York Times:
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“People are struggling with how they appear to the rest of the world. Taking a photograph is a way of trying to understand how people see you, who you are, and what you look like. There is nothing wrong with that.”
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But Frédéric della Faille has a different idea. Della Faille is the founder of the photo-sharing application Frontback. This app is for devices like mobile phones. People can use the app to take pictures with their camera phones easily. He told the New York Times:
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“The idea of a selfie is that you do not need words. Your face explains the moment or tells a story. It is much more of a moment and a story than a photo. And very often it is not about being beautiful.”

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There is a popular saying in English that supports Faille’s idea: ‘A picture is worth one thousand words.’ So, if a person wants to share about an event in their life, they could use many words. Or they could just show the event with a selfie.
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But selfies can also cause problems. Selfies are so popular that sometimes people take selfies when they probably should not. American Jason Feifer noticed this. So he decided to start a blog website about it called “Selfies at Serious Places”. In this blog he shows selfies taken at important memorials.
Feifer shared a selfie from a young man at a Holocaust memorial. This memorial honors the victims of the holocaust - an event where more than six million people died. In the selfie, the young man has a funny smile on his face. His hand is in front of him in a “thumbs up” sign. Usually people make a “thumbs up” sign if they think something is really great.
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Many people reacted strongly to this blog. They thought the selfies were terrible! People even found the people in the selfies and sent them angry messages. Some people sent angry messages to the young man in the selfie in front of the Holocaust memorial. He wrote an email to Feifer to apologize. He said:
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“I am one of the people on your blog. I have to say that you made me understand how stupid I made myself look. You have really made me think about it. I would like to thank you for that.”
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Feifer posted the young man’s apology, but he did not remove the picture from the blog. Feifer says that he began the blog as a way to encourage people to talk to and learn from each other. People may make stupid decisions, but they can also begin to think more deeply.
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Like any technology, there is a good way to use selfies and a bad way to use them. Selfies can be a way to connect with friends. But people should think about how and why they use a selfie.
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What do you think about selfies? Do you take selfies? Do you think they are a good thing or a bad thing? Are there places that people should not take selfies? Tell us about your experiences. Leave a comment on the script page for this program on our website. Or find us on Facebook - just search for Spotlight Radio.
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The writer of this program was Liz Waid. The producer was Michio Ozaki. The voices you heard were from the United States and the United Kingdom. All quotes were adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight. You can listen to this program again, and read it, on the internet at www.radioenglish.net. This program is called, ‘Selfies: Pictures of Yourself’.
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We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye.
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