Why do people insist on placing old photos on a profile?


 
 
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PhotoSavy is offline PhotoSavy Post #1  June 27,2008, 2:05pm
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It often amazes me that people place old pictures on a profile. Are people afraid to show who they really are? I can understand in public forums to be more private...but what about the secure online sites that protect your photo - don't you want to know who you are communicating with? ...or does that not matter to some folks, and why?
 
 
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who knows why, maybe they have a romantic view of how they looked 15 years ago. If you hit it off with a match, you're eventually going to have to meet them face to face... right?? unless you take a giant cut out of that pic with you to the date and hope they don't notice
 
 
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People are lonely and just want to connect with someone. So they hope once they tell you the truth that you will be in love with them so much and understand.
 
 
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I think the why is that people are superficial; Especially about themselves. They pick the picture of them when they looked best, be it now, or be it 5 years before they gained all that weight or whatever. I will be the first to admit that I have looked at a profile, liked what I read, looked at the picture and then closed the match. I hate to admit it to myself because I like to think I am above all that, but most people are not. I should also be more careful about doing that because I am not prize in the looks department myself. So much social connection is lost because we throw each other off the plank based on each other's looks.
 
 
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Czidvar - do you close based upon the first picture you see...or is it after looking at all pics in the profile?
 
 
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Czidvar - do you close based upon the first picture you see...or is it after looking at all pics in the profile?
 
 
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Czidvar - do you close based upon the first picture you see...or is it after looking at all pics in the profile?
I try to look at all of them... Though sometimes I will close based on the first one if I am especially turned off. That is the one where I expect the person to put their best foot forward. I honestly feel like a jerk admitting it. I am far from perfect and have trouble following my own advice.
 
 
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Some people just don't have too many pictures of themselves. Simple as that. I'm usually on th other side of the camera(s).
 
 
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My mother dropped me when I was a baby. Then she dropped me again...so I post whatever picture I can grab at the moment. When I'm not in a coma that is. Asa former full time artist, pictures here on eha (I'll guess that's the forum you were talking about) are a way for me to creatively express myself. That said, I need to go lasso a wench I saw on the internet.


Besides I want to attract like minded (no double entendre meant, did I get that right?) insane individuals. For me, life is too short not to laugh. I suffer from Robbin Williams disease. That gives me only 5,000 more jokes to live...
 
 
 


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