Here's What Your Facebook Photo Say About You

[masgrandeburrito]

Here's What Your Facebook Photo Says About You

Choosing a Facebook profile photo is very serious business. It's the visual that will greet high school acquaintances, jealous exes, and your parents' friends when they search you out. The image you project is entirely determined by your photo choice.

While people think that the photo they choose is some sort of individual statement, they're usually wrong. Here are the 10 most misguided approaches that people take when picking out a profile photo. Each sends out all sorts of information that the person may not have intended. And while there are some sub-genres and lesser known variations, most of the pictures on the social networking behemoth fall into one of these categories.

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[looseliam]

FFS. All the crap going-on in the world and THIS is what concerns people.

I weep for society.

 

[masgrandeburrito]

Did any of you actually look at the "article"? It was a tongue-in-cheek anaylsis. If you actually read the descriptions next to each photo, it's kind of humorous. For example, one says "If you take a picture of yourself from far away, it probably means your a private person, either that or you got fat or had a botched Lasik surgery and you don't want the mean girls from college knowing about your gut/lazy eye. Another one says, If your profile pic is of your animal, depending on your animal, a cat: You are a woman without a boyfriend. Dog: You are a gay without a boyfriend or Michael Vick. Gerbil or Hamster: You are Richard Gere. Unicorn: You are awesome. Rabbit: Who has rabbits as pets?

 

[AlmondMilk]

Did any of you actually look at the "article"? It was a tongue-in-cheek anaylsis.

Yeah especially since Alf's eyes are censored

 

[FPNY]

i didnt even see alf in the article, what does it mean about you if you put a pic of alf on your facebook?

 

[Willie Boy]

I can believe this was anal-ized. That's where it dropped from in the first place!

 

[G-Lexington]

OK, here's the scary thing - I've used that picture of Alf as my profile picture on Facebook (or perhaps it was MySpace)...

Lex

 

[AlmondMilk]

i didnt even see alf in the article, what does it mean about you if you put a pic of alf on your facebook?

How to Spot It: This comes in many forms: a picture of a fictional character, concert, a movie poster, a book cover, reality star, musical act, or a celebrity. Basically it is anyone who is not the subject. Even if done ironically, it's all the same.

What It Says About You: You have no personality of your own. You define yourself (and others) completely by their entertainment choices, whether they be television, music, sci-fi, literary, or otherwise. Talking to you like reading a list of movie quotes from an IMDb page and you are full of useless knowledge on your favorite subjects. You own at least two T-shirts with stupid slogans on them.
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Alf is the 8th kind of picture. He's the "Pop Culture Reference"

 

[looseliam]

OK, here's the scary thing - I've used that picture of Alf as my profile picture on Facebook (or perhaps it was MySpace)...

Lex

You like cats, too?

 

[G-Lexington]

>>>You like cats, too?

Nah, I just like Alf.

Lex