using an actual photo of yourself as your avatar

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No, I prefer using a photo of an image representing who I am inside. I usually use the same model because right now she's my favorite, but I've used others ?

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Just out of curiosity...don't go getting all fired up. If you were to use a picture representing who you are on the outside, what would it be?

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The avatar is me. I have nothing to hide.

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The picture is of me....for those of you not showing your face because of privacy issues and are afraid someone might see it.....if someone were to call you out on having your face on this site, might you ask them what they were doing here?

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Speaking for myself, I'm always more inclined to interact with people that I can form a certain mental representation of. And let's face it, sometimes a simple picture can say quite a lot about your personality, your life experiences and your personal situation. I don't exactly care if you're a young 21-year-old hottie or a 60-year-old homosexual (hi Derek), I just like to know who I'm interacting with. Again, pictures aren't always mandatory to achieve that, but they can certainly help. I thoroughly dislike when someone sends me request, and when I check their profile/posts, it feels as if I was looking into some kind of void.

Having said that, I've used a picture of myself as my avatar when I first joined here, and regretted it. If you're actually good-looking, people may as well assume that you're using a fake picture. And once they're wary of you that way, they may as well be wary of any aspect of yourself that you'll present on this site, from your age to your past sexual experiences. To be fair, I can't really blame these people as I behave quite similarly.

In other words, I'd advise you to be aware about how exposing a picture of yourself will affect how others will perceive you. If it's just to confirm/reinforce the mental representation that they have of you, it can actually be a fun/positive thing. If it's likely to provoke some wariness and/or attract a bunch of desperate people, you may as well only expose those pictures to your closest friends.

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The picture is of me....for those of you not showing your face because of privacy issues and are afraid someone might see it.....if someone were to call you out on having your face on this site, might you ask them what they were doing here?

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All of my pics are of me, I just choose not to show my full face for reasons I gave in my profile. I respect everyone's reason for showing or not showing. I will say that if you have your own pics, I am much more willing to chat and possibly be friends..

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The avatar is me. I have nothing to hide.