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Re: 4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content

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Post by dylan604 »

Markoff wrote: post #59
dylan604 wrote: post #38

whatever happened to reduce your fractions? does 4 in 10 "sound better" than 2 in 5?

something something people being used to decimal system personally I prefer exact percentages instead of fractions, but apparently people in news/PR disagree with me

That was the other question 4 in 10, 2 in 5, or 40%. Do the numbers actually affect the reader's understanding? It's not like we're measuring length with school buses or anything with a physical reference. Does using a number of people in a group actually make it easier to grok by the public? "Think of 10 of your friends and now imagine 4 of them are..." except, I couldn't count 10 friends so 2 in 5 might be better!

Re: 4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content

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Post by Aurornis »

Markoff wrote: post #57
Aurornis wrote: post #35

Let people enjoy things. If people want to visit a place, take some photos, and leave, then I don't believe that's morally inferior to someone who visits the same place but doesn't take photos. People enjoy tourist destinations differently and that's fine. At this point, I'm more annoyed by the people who make a display of their sense of superiority over people taking photos or otherwise not enjoying the tourist dest…

I think you missed the point, they say 4 in 10 "people want to visit a place TO take some photos", not to take photos while visiting, but visit TO take the photos as primary reason of the visit

So what?

Photography is some people’s hobby. Taking a little adventure to get a new photo is fun. Let them enjoy it.

Re: 4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content

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Post by Aurornis »

lazide wrote: post #63
Aurornis wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> and never even attempt to enjoy it? They are enjoying it. They're enjoying it in their own way, and I think there's nothing wrong with that. I did a little bit of travel when I was young before smartphones were everywhere. There were definitely tourists going to spots to take a picture and then leaving.

The folks I’m talking about would literally never go if it wasn’t for a photo op (not taking pictures, but GOING TO TAKE A SPECIFIC PICTURE OF THEM THERE.). It’s literally like a job to them. You can tell when you watch them. They aren’t going to see a thing and take pictures. they are going to be have pictures of them being there, specifically, to screw with people back home. I do think there is something wrong with…

You’re projecting a lot on to this survey question.

Some people like the adventure of going somewhere and getting a picture to remember it by.

It’s fine. Let them. You’ll be much happier if you focus on your own enjoyment and stop worrying so much about what other people are enjoying.

Re: 4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content

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Post by rhdunn »

Markoff wrote: post #69
rhdunn wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Digital cameras have existed before phones had the capability and have been around for a long time (at least 20 years). They made it a lot easier to take photos as you can take hundreds/thousands of photos and download them when you get home. When visiting places on holiday, I've taken my camera with me for the purpose of taking photos. I've also seen people with more expensive cameras (mainly larger lenses) camped o…

not really long time, certainly not 20 years, digital camera quality by the end of 90s was pretty bad (at least those for reasonable prices, bought my first by then) comparable with phone cameras by the end of 00s, where you had relatively decent Nokia Symbian phones, so the difference is like ~10 years, similar with social media (Facebook), which was becoming a thing by the end of 00s but I agree with overall sentim…

20 years ago is 2006. I'm pretty sure I had a digital camera (DSLR) around that time with enough resolution (10 megapixels, IIRC) for decent photos. Wikipedia notes that the Canon EOS 1D Mark III [1] was released in 2007 with 10MP.

According to wikipedia [2] the first consumer DSLR camera was in 2000.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS-1D_Mark_III

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_single-lens_reflex_cam...

Re: 4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content

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Post by mikewarot »

I think the causation is backwards here. If you find yourself in a memorable or interesting scene, you're going to want to document it.

I've wore out a DSLR doing this before social media really was a thing.

I've taken way more photos since a derecho decimated the trees in my town. I wanted to share these experiences with my distant friends and family.

I also learned that the utility bill I thought was way too high was a pittance compared to the cost in terms of money, time and effort running a gasoline generator.

Re: 4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content

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Post by lazide »

Aurornis wrote: post #73
lazide wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The folks I’m talking about would literally never go if it wasn’t for a photo op (not taking pictures, but GOING TO TAKE A SPECIFIC PICTURE OF THEM THERE.). It’s literally like a job to them. You can tell when you watch them. They aren’t going to see a thing and take pictures. they are going to be have pictures of them being there, specifically, to screw with people back home. I do think there is something wrong with…

You’re projecting a lot on to this survey question. Some people like the adventure of going somewhere and getting a picture to remember it by. It’s fine. Let them. You’ll be much happier if you focus on your own enjoyment and stop worrying so much about what other people are enjoying.

having trouble reading?

Re: 4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content

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Post by koliber »

dylan604 wrote: post #52
koliber wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People take photos for multiple reasons. I like the memories. I enjoy looking through a photo album many years down the line and reminiscing about a great trip. People take photos to brag. People take photos to prove to non-believers that something happened. People take photos to capture beauty. People used to take photos and people continue to take photos. I suspect the reason has changed.

People used get together to show their vacations as slide shows with a projector to family and friends and make a "party" out of it. If they were really fancy, they might have even had 8mm motion film to show. It always felt really strange to me then as a bit of bragging and showing off. I was told it was a bit of living vicariously through other's adventures, but it just felt weird to me. Maybe that's why watching o…

If I read the stats in the original article correctly, you and I are in the 1/5th of the population that feels this way about it.

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Post by owebmaster »

lazide wrote: post #76
Aurornis wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You’re projecting a lot on to this survey question. Some people like the adventure of going somewhere and getting a picture to remember it by. It’s fine. Let them. You’ll be much happier if you focus on your own enjoyment and stop worrying so much about what other people are enjoying.

having trouble reading?

It seems you can't accept the idea that different people enjoy different things. You aren't happier than the people that have more fun taking pictures, pretty much the opposite. They were living their moment and you were bitterly watching them.

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Post by owebmaster »

royal__ wrote: post #5
xvxvx wrote: post #2

I used to be an avid amateur photographer and took a backpack full of gear anytime I’d visit tourist sites or anywhere cool. After a few years I stopped altogether because it dawned on me that I was missing the experience entirely. Now I just snap a few pics with my phone and try to enjoy the experience. Never did it for social media cred though.

See, I think that's cool. It's like a hobby or craft that you're invested in. It feels different from taking lame photos with your smart phone just for the cred.

They only difference is your judgement. The person taking lame photos want to turn that into an interesting hobby too.

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Post by pmontra »

teekert wrote: post #23
pmontra wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really didn't know about Polarsteps. It's been a while since my last long journey. I used to select some pictures when I got back home and upload them to both my website and Facebook (the only time in the year I still used FB.) I also sent a few pictures to some friends of mine on WhatsApp when I was still travelling.

Yeah we do that too, does take a bit of the fun out of that moment where you sit down with your family and show them your trip, they already say it all haha. I'm really old right?

You are not, they probably like to see the pictures earlier and when they have the time to watch them. If you gather the family and friends in a room to watch your pictures (and they will reciprocate) not everybody in that room is happy to spend that time in that way.
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