Selfie Sticks

[sime]

Why bother?

That video is 20 minutes of someones time from a festival lasting 120 hours. So really, why not bother if you fancy doing it!? And if he's filmed more than just that one video, well why not, it's not harming anyone

Edited March 22, 2015 by sime

[DeadAmos]

Love being asked to do that, always do the pretend to run off with the camera joke.

People love that.

This^^ or getting as many randon people walking past to join in and have a group shot

[Gnomicide]

This^^ or getting as many randon people walking past to join in and have a group shot

Or the 'back a bit, bit more, bit more'.

Oh how we laugh.

[Staff_Sav]

They are both a great invention yet a curse at the same time. I've got one with my gopro, and got some great photos in front of the Glastonbury sign up on the hill (if I had asked someone else, they would have needed to be on top of someone else's shoulders to get the right angle), plus the wide angle lens on a gopro is brilliant. But in the middle of the crowd they are annoying. I'm happy to ask people to take photos, but most people are fucking useless at taking them (managed to get my whole body including shoes in the photo, yet missing out the entire scenery behind me), and there's only so many times you can ask someone to retake it before you gotta do it yourself anyway.

[jcd_lowe]

I thought Selfie Sticks were used to knock some sense into exceptionally vain people - or have I got the wrong end of the ....

[Superscally]

That video is 20 minutes of someones time from a festival lasting 120 hours. So really, why not bother if you fancy doing it!? And if he's filmed more than just that one video, well why not, it's not harming anyone

I very much doubt that was the only video they took. Often people like that are never off it, selfie everywhere, ruining views of bands filming entire songs... Just enjoy the moment people with a few photos to jog your memory. Memories eh, when did they stop...happening?

[willutalk]

Fuck selfie-sticks. Such a great way to look like a moron and a self centred prick. They somewhat marred my experience of Rome and I will not allow them to affect my Glasto experience. Well done to the London National Gallery, who have rightly banned them, quality move. And to be quite frank their are 199,999 other people one of which could probably take a half decent photo.

[Guest]

That video of the guy's walkaround brought back lots of memories, really geared me up for the festival, thanks, yeti. Holding up a big iPhone during a band is obviously a shitty thing to do, but the guy walking around with a camera strapped to his head, not getting in anybody's way is not a problem to anybody. The bit where he tried every hand sanitiser pump made me smile, we've all been there.

[kemosabe]

A Tottenham fan wrote a great letter to his club basically saying how they were a danger in crowds and contravened safety regulations ect... and got them banned single handily. I wonder if we can do similar to get them banned from Glasto.

Because quite frankly fuck them.

Edited March 22, 2015 by kemosabe

[The Placid Casual]

If i see you at Glastonbury i will throw you in the bin.

Thats a joke btw

If I see a bin at Glastonbury, I will throw you in the selfie stick

[sime]

I very much doubt that was the only video they took. Often people like that are never off it, selfie everywhere, ruining views of bands filming entire songs... Just enjoy the moment people with a few photos to jog your memory. Memories eh, when did they stop...happening?

Sure he may have taken more as he wandered around, as I had mentioned. I have no problem with that. I wouldn't appreciate it too much if he was infront of me using it while watching a band though. but then I also do not appreciate people being on each others shoulders infront of me or the flags. But when that happens I just move a bit either side if possible. There's no escaping the cameras and videos now. So I just find quiet ways of dealing with it. Including where I choose to watch a band from. I like to be by the v shaped barriers. It's a great view from there.

[sloseph]

[Vanderlyle]

Went to the Natural History Museum on Saturday (because that's what I do with my weekends... I go to museums).

Selfie sticks everywhere. So, so lame.

[chewsavedlatin]

They were everywhere last year, i think i saw a stick go up in front of my view for everyband i saw. So no doubt they'll be more prominent this year.

[Calvin Klein]

absolutely there will be tons of them.

[Dora]

Are peoples arms getting shorter? I really don't understand the need for these

[Superscally]

Sure he may have taken more as he wandered around, as I had mentioned. I have no problem with that. I wouldn't appreciate it too much if he was infront of me using it while watching a band though. but then I also do not appreciate people being on each others shoulders infront of me or the flags. But when that happens I just move a bit either side if possible. There's no escaping the cameras and videos now. So I just find quiet ways of dealing with it. Including where I choose to watch a band from. I like to be by the v shaped barriers. It's a great view from there.

See you there man. Or in the sauna. :-)

[whisty]

If they can do it.

[LondonTom]

That video of the guy's walkaround brought back lots of memories, really geared me up for the festival, thanks, yeti. Holding up a big iPhone during a band is obviously a shitty thing to do, but the guy walking around with a camera strapped to his head, not getting in anybody's way is not a problem to anybody. The bit where he tried every hand sanitiser pump made me smile, we've all been there.

Indeed, theres a quite of great stuff like that over the web and it makes the winter months and the "Glasto is soon!!!" excitment months easier!!! If someone wants to take time out of their festival to do something cool, that the rest of can enjoy year around! Fair play!

Even Selfie Sticks, I can see the point of them in some situations and yeah maybe they are bit vain...but its down to the people who use them more than anything else. If they wasn't flapping a selfie stick around and not facing a band while they were playing, then no doubt would be doing something else equally as annoying.

[fred quimby]

I saw some tourists in Oxford with an iPad on the end of one the other day... :/

That's not a selfie stick but a Nick me stick

[alicepattinson04]

Yeah I myself do also selfie filiming using a Selfie Stick Pro.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I don't own one and I will never own one but as long as they don't continually interrupt my view then I'll live and let live. I can understand why they annoy some people though, why people have a need to take continual selfies is beyond me. What ever happened to asking someone to take a picture of you? I doubt that the festival will ban them, and to be honest I can think of other things that should probably be banned before selfie sticks

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Went to the Natural History Museum on Saturday (because that's what I do with my weekends... I go to museums).

Selfie sticks everywhere. So, so lame.

Not if you need to know the position of the movement detector wiring and motion sensors, I suspect.

[guypjfreak]

itll be a night mare ...wot with those AND flags ...agggggg

[willutalk]

Well done Coachella and Lollapolloooooza for that matter! Great decision from the promoters the other side of the Atlantic. Sniffing out the potential problem!

I think Glasto should highly discourage them to be brought.

Edited March 29, 2015 by willutalk