Every selfie-taker knows the ritual: take 10, keep 1. The other 9 are "-1" — invisible to the world but stored in the cloud or trash bin. The Goan-21 selfie surplus created an estimated 4.3 terabytes of deleted selfie data per month in 2021 across popular tourist districts. Each deletion is a memory declared unworthy.
In the age of social media, a single selfie can go viral and capture the attention of millions. This was exactly what happened with the "Goan 21 Selfie" that took India by storm a few years ago. The selfie, which was taken by a group of 21 young friends in the coastal state of Goa, became an overnight sensation and is still remembered and talked about today. goan-21-selfie -1-