I consider profile pictures as a way to be more visually appealing, and a way to be recognizable more easily.

Why don’t you have a profile picture?

  • 𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    On social media where it’s only anons from all around the internet, I put a silly picture like here.

    But on social media where my friends or my family are, I won’t put my face because hell no, and I won’t put something silly either because it’s hard enough to look normal.

    I rarely use thoses social media so I’m fine without a profile picture at all.

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    4 months ago

    This is a place to be part of a crowd, not really about being recognized. I’m not here to make personal friends, nor a following.

    I’m here for news and discussion. This doesn’t really require recognizability between threads

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    4 months ago

    I never click on anyone’s profile, so I didn’t think it mattered

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    4 months ago

    I like not being particularly recognizable. Treat me like everyone else that you don’t know.

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    4 months ago

    I do have a profile picture, but I don’t think it’s crucial. Other link aggregators often don’t have profile pictures so if you’re used to those, you may not think to set one. In any case I’ve never thought anyone’s profile picture on here was particularly consequential to me.

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        4 months ago

        As others have said, I use a client that doesn’t display them, so it never dawned on me. And in general, profile pics have never been a big deal for me. So if the app or site doesn’t make me do it as part of the account set up, my profile pic just stays as the default.

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    4 months ago

    I have been meaning to for over a year, Im just too lazy busy to get around to it.

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    4 months ago

    I never look at anyone else’s profile/picture. They aren’t shown anywhere obvious in Voyager app.