Author	Thread: Profile picture- how important is it?
phantomballerina View Profile History	Profile picture- how important is it? Posted : 8 Mar, 2011 01:57 PM What do you think, is it important to have a good profile picture? Personally, I think it makes a lot of difference. Sure, we all want to find somebody who loves us for who we are and not what we look like, but I don't think that gives an excuse not to put your best foot forward and make a good impression. Opinions? Post Reply
Tulip89 View Profile History	Profile picture- how important is it? Posted : 8 Mar, 2011 02:23 PM I agree that the profile picture is important. You're only hurting yourself if you have a low resolution, out of focus, or poorly cropped photo. Not having a picture of yourself is even more limiting. The simple fact is, people (not just men) are visual in some way, and you can tell a lot about a person by what they picture they choose. Post Reply
phantomballerina View Profile History	Profile picture- how important is it? Posted : 9 Mar, 2011 09:14 PM Yes, that's exactly right! I think the quality of the photo matters even more than whether that person is "attractive" or not. A guy or gal might not look like a celebrity, but they can do a lot to show off their best side just by getting a good photographer, even if not a pro, and wearing a flattering color and style, making a pleasant face, posing casually but not sloppily, etc. Why is it that so many people won't take the time to do this? I've seen a bunch of profiles where the person clearly stared at themselves blankly through their low-rez webcam and took a snapshot, and slapped it online as their only profile pic. -_-;.... Post Reply
View Profile History	Profile picture- how important is it? Posted : 10 Mar, 2011 03:41 AM Picture speaks a thousand of words. Our physical figure can be a window of our soul. People can use intuition by just looking at our physical features as an initial step towards knowing a person because we live in real material world for that matter. Although the physical aspect may not be the ultimate thing to judge a person but somehow our pictures of our reality encourages someone to know us better. Post Reply
Tulip89 View Profile History	Profile picture- how important is it? Posted : 10 Mar, 2011 01:02 PM Whether we register it or not, we pick up so much from our first impression of a person. What they're wearing, how they're posed, where they are, what they're doing, etc. all tell us little things about their personality and who they are as a person. Sure it's important to actually get to know people, but on the internet, there's a sea of people, and you can't get to know every single person out there. Post Reply
View Profile History	Profile picture- how important is it? Posted : 14 Mar, 2011 06:44 PM Well,i think that the thread posted by Keithy is going an interesting point,pictures do'nt really tell who the person is i mean,most people decieve you with all of these pics with certain backgrounds etc.What i'm saying is that you can'nt tell if that's really the person if you meet them online.I have seen profiles of girls with more than one pic who looks like the gaining & losing weight & looks look they're getting younger & older (not a gender issue,since some of us guys do it too). Post Reply
View Profile History	Profile picture- how important is it? Posted : 24 Mar, 2011 02:18 PM Well, call me shallow, but certain types of women I'm simply not attracted to (there always an exception, but without a photo to prove it I wouldn't bother). Also it's the work of a moment to upload a photo and maybe a few moments more to write something usefully descriptive on your profile; now ask yourself seriously - if they couldn't be bothered to put up a pic and fill in some personal details, how seriously are they looking for a partner? Will they even bother to reply to your messages?! Post Reply
Elisa View Profile History	Profile picture- how important is it? Posted : 24 Mar, 2011 07:02 PM Posting a picture is not simply a matter of time. To provide another perspective: A teacher I used to work with was fired after a student found her picture online at a dating site. She did not post anything inappropriate, as we all learned after the students printed everything out and brought it to school. The reason given was that her posting was a distraction to the education. Another teacher had a student create a false profile and start a conversation with him. He had no clue he was communicating with a student. This caused him no end of trouble So now, folks think I should use my true name and post my picture on here? Are you nuts? Maybe this limits my options, but at least it limits the chances of me losing my job too. Once I am reasonably sure that someone is not a student, I don't mind sharing a picture. However, we all make choices and choices have consequences. Post Reply
View Profile History	Profile picture- how important is it? Posted : 25 Mar, 2011 03:11 PM Getting sacked for being on a dating site!? Over here that'd be classed as unfair dismissal (except in very specific cases). Even so, there's nothing to stop you writing in your profile that you'll email a photo if asked - but you'd still be bypassed by most guys who may have hundreds of search results to plough through.. Post Reply