A well done short on todays social media- Hashtag Nofilter

<p>Two minutes well spent. This pretty much sums up my feelings on the social media phenomenon.</p>

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<p>I couldn't really discern the thesis this artist is using social media to encourage you to share. But I do like that you're also using social media to spread the message of your approval of his social media acuity. Or was that not the point?</p>

<p>Ironic isn't it?</p>

<p>I thought that was great! I started thinking that the character was the sad one. But perhaps not...<br /><br />As a side-note, I find Instagram to be vacuous but 400M people apparently disagree. Oh, well. I wish them luck as they apply their filters 'intelligently'.</p>

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<p>I find Instagram to be vacuous but 400M people apparently disagree.</p>

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<p>Karim, if history has taught us anything it is that very large groups of people agreeing on something doesn't make that thing right, proper, or wholesome. But you nailed it on the head. The opening shots bring out countless stereotypes on who this sad looking individual might be. But in short time his portrayal is flipped around. At the end you observe the wisdom and intelligence of a very artistic individual looking out of the joyful eyes of a child who has been playing with bugs.</p>

I only see a man cutting out paper dolls. So what gives? This puts me in a different class from the video maker, I accept that. I get hyped up on visitors who try team skydiving (take home a video of themselves high fiving the camera and sharing with the net)What else, ok, the zip line over the North Shore valleys... Hang gliding...I saw that guy who does free hand rock climbing with only chalk dust, my hero who zoned out for something really superhuman. Paper dolls simulation I miss. Sokay, noone need to explain it.

Hey, Someone in my family just loved to dip a half sour pickle in horse radish (gasp). And drink pickle brine... . Though I did goofy stuff in my day. But I save that for my shameless memoir:-), no way free to You Tube.

<p>The guy in the video is showing one example on how a person's social life can be faked online.</p>

<p>In a way it's saying online social media is not necessarily an effective conduit for real and meaningful social interaction due to possible deception. </p>

<p>The video shows both the man is not engaging in any social interaction and uses other people's images to create a fake social life that makes him out to be more interesting and introspective whether he is or not. </p>

JENNYWANDERLUST seems more like a creator of those silly black bordered management motivational posters than

social media photographer.

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<p>The guy in the video is showing one example on how a person's social life can be faked online.<br>

In a way it's saying online social media is not necessarily an effective conduit for real and meaningful social interaction due to possible deception.</p>

 

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<p>Excellent Tim. I would add to that last bit not only deception, but a lack of any type of meaningful exchange. As if all of human interaction can be streamlined down to a 'post/get likes/Yay!" assembly line which removes any realness from the dialogue.</p>

 

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<p>The video shows both the man is not engaging in any social interaction and uses other people's images to create a fake social life that makes him out to be more interesting and introspective whether he is or not.</p>

 

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<p>Your take on this is interesting and completely different from my own. I only say this due to the surroundings the man is presented in. Were he dressed the same and sitting in a dirty trailer somewhere I might agree with you. But he seems to be in some type of studio work space with mannequins and artwork on the walls. The painting shown a couple of times in the top left of the screen appears to say "Be firm and confident". He could very well be a photographer and the images could be his own. I don't see the man projecting a fake identity for gratification in his own sad life, but rather an intelligent individual conducting a social/arstistic experiment through clever use of popular imagery and cheezy platitudes.</p>

 

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<p>JENNYWANDERLUST seems more like a creator of those silly black bordered management motivational posters than social media photographer.</p>

 

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<p>Lol, have you seen the Demotivational posters? So much funny.<br>

http://despair.com/collections/demotivators/bestof</p>

Social media is one dimensional. It fakes a connection that is as meaningful as the comradery of two side by side passengers in coach, who share their distaste for airline food. Their mutual dislike for anything in music of the 1970s. Why they hate Camden N.J.. I am starting to hold to a subversive idea for someone who loves photography. Which is this- that tachistoscopic photos on line are not merely deceptive, phantoms, but more and more irrelevant to daily life.

 

I still get more from reading an essay by author Luc Sante on New York then and now than the brilliant journalistic photo essays of city life. Better to say one is more transcendent. In the sense it makes me think. And use the power of imagination. More senses stimulated. But I understand the bearded guys impish ways now. And I use Facebook. Got to go with the flow.

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<p>In a way it's saying online social media is not necessarily an effective conduit for real and meaningful social interaction due to possible deception.</p>

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<p>Of course that sort of behavior goes back a LONG time before contemporary social media. Putting on airs of one sort or another is as old as time.</p>

Have we not developed on line sniffing techniques to detect poseurs by now, Matt? Must be an app for that.

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<p>Your take on this is interesting and completely different from my own. I only say this due to the surroundings the man is presented in. Were he dressed the same and sitting in a dirty trailer somewhere I might agree with you. But he seems to be in some type of studio work space with mannequins and artwork on the walls. The painting shown a couple of times in the top left of the screen appears to say "Be firm and confident". He could very well be a photographer and the images could be his own. I don't see the man projecting a fake identity for gratification in his own sad life, but rather an intelligent individual conducting a social/arstistic experiment through clever use of popular imagery and cheezy platitudes.</p>

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<p>I really didn't word that right. I was merely making an observation for outline purposes on what I was seeing, not a judgement of the man's intellect or intent. From the comments I was attempting to fill in what I perceived as folks here not picking up on concept of the video which I thought was well made and thought out.</p>

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<p>Of course that sort of behavior goes back a LONG time before contemporary social media. Putting on airs of one sort or another is as old as time.</p>

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<p>Yes, but the video gets to the point more eloquently and lyrically in a clever way that shows imagination.</p>

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<p>And I use Facebook. Got to go with the flow.</p>

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<p>One thing that irritates me about Facebook that I'm relieved I don't get here at PN forums is that if I type a meaningful and a bit lengthy response, it doesn't get collapsed to two lines and taken out of FB's Timeline and moved and buried in the far left column. I don't know if that's by FB design or a preference set by the site's owner.</p>

<p><br /><br />Use of hashtags is everywhere in social media. Generally, it was a user’s innovation featured first on Twitter and then followed by rest of the social sphere. It was introduced to hyperlink any post to search results. By clicking on it, users automatically come across a feed of messages incorporating the opinion of like-minded people. Hashtag also let you to add post, images etc. to become a part of a larger discussion. But, in the large use of hashtag, finding the latest trendy topics might be difficult for mobile phone users. Fortunately, now we have an app called “BroadTags” <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/broadtags-follow-hashtags/id839407901?mt=8">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/broadtags-follow-hashtags/id839407901?mt=8</a> that will keep you update with everything you're interested in. You just have to follow the interested topics, rather than people, and get stream of updates in your news feed. Even you can instantly share a post with others on Twitter and Facebook!</p>

What's with the guy cutting out paper dolls and pasting? Has he never heard of Photoshop?

You know I have to say this. I get a kick out of the guy with the tousled gray hair and the New York or Flatbush accent on my Facebook feed.... Now,we could have a deep and meaningful relationship. Iif I could only draw out a little more humor. Yes,he did say he left his helicopter in his garage at the Iowa fair rally..so there is hope.