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ABC News reports:
Toss your cap. Turn your tassel. Just don't snap that selfie.
Graduates at the University of South Florida and Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I., have been asked to refrain from taking self-portraits with their cell phones as they collect their diplomas.
Administrators at both USF and Bryant said their intentions were far less dramatic than making a statement about a generation often accused of oversharing, that they were simply trying to keep already long ceremonies from dragging on even longer.
It does raise the questions, should other institutions adopt a ban on selfies in certain situations, provided they do so legally? And, would it be beneficial to explicitly state the dangers of over-sharing as rationale for the selfie ban? I think it would.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Horse With Stripes on Saturday May 03 2014, @08:00AM
The key to this is "as". They can take all the selfies they want, just not up on stage as they are receiving their dioloma.
And yes, any event or establishment can establish rules regarding the taking of photographs with or without a cel lphone.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday May 03 2014, @01:15PM
Feel free to mod this offtopic since I'm posting it here for visibility, but that story was my submission! I submitted it not logged in but has put my username in the "name" field!
Either it was an honest mistake by an exhausted editor, or they're caving to the hate mail and redacting my name from my submissions, haha!
(Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday May 03 2014, @05:09PM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Archon V2.0 on Saturday May 03 2014, @02:11PM
Shame the rule "don't be a self-absorbed prick in front of hundreds of people" isn't implicit. Never mind graduations, it'd make television so much better.