Social media has taken the self-portrait and made it profuse, renaming it the “Selfie.” In jest the #Helpie turns the “selfie” into a partnership lampooning social media platforms’ ability to make communities more connected while isolating the individual. In order to take a “selfie,” #Helpie requires someone else to crank a generator located across the room from a photo of a landscape that lights up for the portrait taker to stand in front of. The entire act is made pointless because the landscape is the easily accessed view near the #Helpie. #Helpie uses analogue devices to support digital technological habits as an allegory that it is another’s individual attention that fosters a connection whether in person, though a letter, or over the web.