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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Camera apps nowadays “correct” for that and do mirror the image for preview

Huh, I always thought people who post flipped photos are just technically challenged (and/or have really poor eye for detail to not notice it). Never considered someone doing that on purpose just to further their own delusion of what they look like.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Or maybe it's just what the camera defaults to and they don't bother changing it because why would you? Which is a more reasonable assumption than calling them delusional

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Um.. that's what I said was my assumption. But according to the comment I was replying to, people prefer the flipped version because it looks like what they see in the mirror, i.e. what they think they look like.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

It's more about the image being saved looking like the one I saw in the preview when taking it.