Felfie: Why Farmers Came Up With Their Own 'Selfie' Term
It's not only the teens who are putting up their phones to take up some selfie for there is now the new term, "Felfie."
The Felfie is a selfie that is taken when you are on the farm or usually farmers taking photos of themselves. Some even pose right beside their pet sheep, cow or farm tractor. The Guardian reported this was started by an Essex farmer. He set up a blog called Farmingselfie.com featuring a collection of felfies taken from around the globe, whether in Argentina or as far as Finland.
It became a fast trending topic over at Twitter that it even was a part of the top 10 trends in October last year. According to another Twitter user with username @halo42, he emphasized that the social media has been working well to entertain those who work hard in the farms that are too far from the city crowds. This means that taking felfies has been very helpful for farmers to connect to others and even make new friends from other farms worldwide.
Through social media and online forums, farmers today get to interact with others and exchange tips when it comes to feeding ewes, monitoring flood warnings or even share best farming practices. Other successful farming social media accounts and sites that are making waves online include @FarmersoftheUK in Twitter, @benjaminhole via Instagram, and The National Farmers Union having recruited a senior adviser for social media and @_PaulBradley_ helping promote their campaigns.
Syracuse.com added there is the Felfie Facebook page to which people submitted their felfie photos. This goes the same for Twitter and Instagram uploads with the hashtag #felfie.
Recently, Ontario farmers have also joined the social bandwagon. Les Nichols, a lifelong farmer mentioned that speaking for other farm tweeters, to take a felfie can serve as a statement of pride on what they do with their livestock and livelihood.
Numerous Canadian farmers have loved the felfie idea well urging many advocacy groups to post and upload their own felfies too over social media.
@QX104winnipeg #felfie pic.twitter.com/K7MP4dfwz3
— Tom Dillon (@dillontom) January 10, 2014