I think the message is a bit vague in context. It is not really about taking candid pics of people in situ. It is saying don’t invade a person’s space to stand right next to them for a selfie, or demand that they stop what they are doing to pose for your picture. That kind of picture is not your inferred right with some imaginary implied consent. This is the outlier intrusive behavior that must be addressed as odd. There are a lot of these types of entitled people in the world, but they are still a minority.
There are also narcissists that sadistically dress for attention and then believe they have a right to gatekeep who is allowed to look at them. Both groups are people with mental health disorders.
This sign is about lessening the negative emotional impacts others have on people that have gone to extreme and amazing efforts to participate in cosplay. It is about being respectful and appreciative of those people. It is about calling out the worst mental health disorders present at the event.
Photographing people candidly is not the point, but even in that circumstance. Taking unsolicited candid pictures of specific people is as uncouth as a person that talks about their legal rights in a social setting to entitle their behavior. Asking people to take their picture is just good manners.
I think the message is a bit vague in context. It is not really about taking candid pics of people in situ. It is saying don’t invade a person’s space to stand right next to them for a selfie, or demand that they stop what they are doing to pose for your picture.
It might be my autism, but this was completely lost on me and interpreted as “don’t take any pictures with people in them without permission”
No. Not autism, just badly phrased as part of a confusing gray area of “When are you allowed to use your phone in public?” online discourse.
There’s plenty of people who sincerely believe you don’t have any kind of rights to photography of anyone at any place for any reason, without explicit consent. There’s others who believe heckling and cat calling is perfectly normal acceptable behavior. And then there’s a thousand lines in between.
Standing half naked in a garish “please pay attention to me” costume near a sign that says “Stop taking my picture without asking me first” is confusing to the point of feeling like rage bait.
I think the message is a bit vague in context. It is not really about taking candid pics of people in situ. It is saying don’t invade a person’s space to stand right next to them for a selfie, or demand that they stop what they are doing to pose for your picture. That kind of picture is not your inferred right with some imaginary implied consent. This is the outlier intrusive behavior that must be addressed as odd. There are a lot of these types of entitled people in the world, but they are still a minority.
There are also narcissists that sadistically dress for attention and then believe they have a right to gatekeep who is allowed to look at them. Both groups are people with mental health disorders.
This sign is about lessening the negative emotional impacts others have on people that have gone to extreme and amazing efforts to participate in cosplay. It is about being respectful and appreciative of those people. It is about calling out the worst mental health disorders present at the event.
Photographing people candidly is not the point, but even in that circumstance. Taking unsolicited candid pictures of specific people is as uncouth as a person that talks about their legal rights in a social setting to entitle their behavior. Asking people to take their picture is just good manners.
It might be my autism, but this was completely lost on me and interpreted as “don’t take any pictures with people in them without permission”
No. Not autism, just badly phrased as part of a confusing gray area of “When are you allowed to use your phone in public?” online discourse.
There’s plenty of people who sincerely believe you don’t have any kind of rights to photography of anyone at any place for any reason, without explicit consent. There’s others who believe heckling and cat calling is perfectly normal acceptable behavior. And then there’s a thousand lines in between.
Standing half naked in a garish “please pay attention to me” costume near a sign that says “Stop taking my picture without asking me first” is confusing to the point of feeling like rage bait.