Posting "selfies" on FB. What does it mean?

[LynetteScavo]

I am going to be working very closely with someone who is 15 years younger than me.

She is very fond of posting "selfies" on FB. I can't help losing a little bit of respect for her...one or two, OK....but lots of them is a bit odd, isn't it?

Or am I just old?

[TrinityRhino]

I think its a young thing. They do it so people can 'like' them and they feel good maybe

[ImFineThankYou]

I'm not 'down with the kids' so I've no idea what it's all about. Not too fussed about them though. Maybe people just like to look at themselves?

[DragonsAreReal]

It's not just photos of yourself, it's photos of your outfit that day, hair, make up blabla I think.

[ExitPursuedByABear]

And cake

[DragonsAreReal]

yeah and anything you have made/put together/just bought/had done ie nails,hair,eyebrows/festival tickets. It's showing off basically and most people on fb instagram twitter do it one way or another.

[LynetteScavo]

Ah, you see I am used to the stealth sympathy posters ("They were playing X in the waitingroom at the doctors, now I can't get it out of my head." - Cue loads of people asking what's wrong with them.) The show-er off-ers are new to me.