If you're not (yet) familiar with the selfie stick, it is a long device people are using to take cell phone "selfies" that include more than they could fit in the picture by holding the phone at arm's length. Here's a photo from Wikimedia:
Selfie sticks began appearing in any significant numbers only last year, but they're already sparking a backlash. Several commentors on Reddit this week complained about selfie sticks at the Walt Disney World Resort:
On our trip just before Christmas somebody was using a selfie stick on Splash Mountain, and a CM came on the intercom no less than 7 times throughout the ride telling them to keep their camera in the boat. It was very disruptive because the announcement cut out the ride audio every time.
I was super annoyed with anyone that was carrying a stick after that.
I saw so many on my trip last week! I didn't realize they were so commonplace now. I was on line for Rock n Roller coaster and the cast member couldn't send off the next car because some guy was using one, fully stuck out. How could you possibly think that's a good idea? He like, moved it a few inches down when she told him to put it away, but was reluctant to fully put it away.
Others defended their use:
I have a selfie stick. I try to be considerate of others. I plan on taking it at the end of the month when we go. I've never considered using it on a ride. Seems a little dangerous on some. There is a time and place for everything. I call it my "narcistick."
It's tempting to compare selfie sticks with tripods and monopods, other photography accessories that some parks have banned or restricted. While all the devices mount cameras, they affect people around them in different ways. Tripods and monopods create stationary obstacles wherever they're set, but their size dictates how much they intrude on others' personal space. A monopod might not intrude on others' space at all, simply extending to the ground directly below the camera, where a tripod's legs can stick out a couple feet in several directions around the camera and photographer.
Selfie sticks are by their nature, however, an extension into the otherwise public space around a person. Their entire purpose is to extend beyond arm's length. While this isn't an issue in an uncrowded park where everyone has plenty of space around them, selfie sticks can lead to conflict in more crowded places. And will parks need to amend their safety spiels to say, "please keep your hands, arms, and selfie sticks inside the vehicle at all times"?
The frustration with selfie sticks is leading some theme park fans to call on parks to ban the devices. What do you think? Are selfie sticks so inherently problematic that they should be banned? Should parks stop short of banning them, but try better to restrict them? Or should parks just leave them alone, and let people use them to their own enjoyment?
It's time for the Vote of the Week.
Please tell us in the comments what you think about selfie sticks? Do you use one? Have you seen them in the parks?
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