People prefer clicking selfies but not viewing

People prefer clicking selfies but not viewing
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Although taking selfies is hugely popular, most people would prefer to see fewer selfies on social media, a study has found.

London: Although taking selfies is hugely popular, most people would prefer to see fewer selfies on social media, a study has found.

Selfies are enormously popular on social media. According to Google statistics estimates, about 93 million selfies were taken per day in 2014, counting only those taken on Android devices.

The findings showed that compared to the selfies taken by themselves, people attributed greater self-presentational motives and less authenticity to selfies taken by others.

Selfies taken by themselves were also judged as self-ironic and more authentic.

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