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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: 2) by Angry Jesus on Saturday May 03 2014, @11:36AM
> Either that, or it is to protect the monopoly of the **&*(^*% Official Photographer who will
> send you proofs that you can buy for only a million times what your selfie costs.
That's what I was thinking. Graduation ceremonies are for the kids and their families, nobody else gives a damn. I skipped all of mine because I preferred to sleep in late. But if it is important enough to the graduates to show up, them they deserve to document it in the common fashion.