Men are twice as likely to touch up snaps before posting them online, according to a survey released yesterday.
People from Westmeath, Laois and Kerry are most likely to touch up photos of themselves while those in Roscommon, Wexford and Tipperary resort to photo editing the least.
Pure Telecom, Ireland’s high-speed broadband and telecoms provider, revealed the results of a survey which found that almost half of Irish adults sharing images online alter pictures of themselves before sharing them.
Pure Telecom’s research revealed that 79% of people share images online via social media, instant messaging apps and email on a weekly basis.
Of those, some 49% admitted that they edit photos of themselves before sharing them, while it was revealed that 9% of men digitally enhance their body parts such as their bum or chest, compared to just 4% of women.
Paul Connell, CEO, Pure Telecom, said: “Images have become such an enormous part of how we communicate with each other – particularly for the younger generations.
“Our smartphone images are so important to us, we assume that every image in our library will be backed up to the cloud.
“All of this relies on internet connection – people need fast, reliable broadband that allows them to make the changes they want, upload or share their pictures in an instant and have the peace of mind that everything is safely stored in the cloud.”
