--- title: High Five Selfie Viral iPhone Camera Trend on Twitter description: If you can snap a mirror picture while high-fiving yourself, then you can join the ranks of Twitter users who started a new selfie trend. canonical: https://time.com/4525725/viral-iphone-selfie-trend/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T20:24:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:29.890Z og:title: People Throw Phones in the Air Because It's a New Viral Trend og:description: It started when a Twitter user posted a pic in which he was high-fiving himself. og:url: https://time.com/4525725/viral-iphone-selfie-trend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Throw Phones in the Air Because It's a New Viral Trend twitter:description: It started when a Twitter user posted a pic in which he was high-fiving himself. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # People Living Dangerously Throw Their Phones in the Air for Viral Selfie Trend > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 10, 2016 8:24 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 10, 2016 8:24 PM UTC Selfie trends come and go like the seasons: [duck faces](http://time.com/3617335/oxford-duck-face-lolcat/?iid=sr-link1), [planking](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/29/move-over-planking-milking-is-the-internets-latest-stupid-meme/?iid=sr-link1), [fingermouthing](http://www.mtv.co.uk/life/news/theres-a-new-selfie-trend-and-its-called-fingermouthing), [videoing oneself dancing to “Closer.”](http://time.com/4497288/chainsmokers-closer-meme/?iid=sr-link1) The latest photo-friendly move to sweep Twitter, however, is not recommended for those who are protective of their precious cellular devices, because it involves putting your phone itself in harm’s way by tossing it into the air. On Saturday, Twitter user Seth Schneider discovered that he was able to take a mirror selfie… while clapping (or, in his parlance, high-fiving himself). That blurry picture—with his phone captured in its midair descent—caught on, and has been liked half a million times and been retweeted more than 170 thousand times (and counting). People have been taking to the platform to share their own generally very blurry versions of this questionable accomplishment, too. > [](https://twitter.com/TOSUBUCK/status/784807354822975488) Some of the imitation attempts are more successful than others. And some have taken the trend to new heights, incorporating dabbing and disappearing acts altogether. > [](https://twitter.com/samsingletonn/status/785544761813852161) > [](https://twitter.com/pepokiss/status/785525432498159617) > [](https://twitter.com/katie%5F%5Fallen/status/785315812751970305) > [](https://twitter.com/javorus%5Fmoore/status/785113193244794880) > [](https://twitter.com/I%5FtheGiovanni/status/785165090974633984) That’s what living on the edge looks like in the modern age. 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