What do young and vain people want?

I frequently catch my thirteen year old sister taking pictures of herself with my camera.  She will kill me when she reads this, but here's evidence of my own vanity:

A geisha on Halloween

Watching her snap photos after photos reminds of what I read a while ago about how Facebook and Twitter have created a new culture of self consiousness.  To feed their hunger for constant feedback, they are willing to spend lots of money on clothes, make-up and make frequent visits to your salons. 

I have no background in human psychology, but I do believe that it is part of human nature to want to be appreciated and be the object of envy and attention.  What I'm saying is that their self-obsessed behavior isn't necessarily a result from Facebook social networking and Twitter's micro-blogging. Instead, virtual tools have surfaced what was within us all along and became the medium to provide us with self-satisfaction. 

My point is everyone wants to look good, but beneath it all, everyone needs to be fed with attention and real-life feedback.  Think of it this way: giving your customers a great haircut is only the minimum requirement.   It's important that your client will walk out the door looking good, but can you also provide the "comments", "pokes" or "thumbs up"  to make them feel good?