The Short History of the Fast-Selling Selfie Stick
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The selfie stick will be here to stay in one form or another, even if naysayers don't believe so. With travelers wanting to be cautious about who they hand their phone to in some countries, this product is a huge safety net many are willing to pay for.
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Anyone with a smartphone camera is likely guilty of self-infatuation these days, and one of the more interesting products contributing to this craze is the tourist's selfie stick.
Selfies aren't exactly unique to the twenty-first century, given anyone who had a camera and mirror in the past could easily take self portraits, with some of these even dating back to the 1800s.
The selfie that some people take on a daily basis came into being during the past decade, starting with the advent of the MySpace profile picture. The trend gained more devotees when Apple's iPhone 4 introduced the front-facing camera in 2010. Also that year, Facebook launched Instagram to offer a platform exclusively for photos and video. The network's choice of filters made it fun to share photos faster and more widely, often with more artistry, than a postcard and stamp could be shared.
With travelers, the desire to show themselves in a place, as a demonstration they were actually t
