It is,
People take shittons more photos now than they used to.
The reasons are obvious.
Moden technology has enabled cheap photography- where it wasn't too long ago that you had to bring around extra equipment, rolls of film, then get them developed, or even just the fact that SD cards were limiting. Now I can take more photos than I Have time to review- but that is the problem.
People are spending more time taking pictures and less time actually experiencing life because of the status,
The Facebook status.
People aren't making memory books, they are trying to show their friends they are cool and hip and whatever.