Profile pictures on social media are visual projection of
who you are and what you are like. Below are 12 categories that cover most
types of profile pictures.
1. The professionally taken photo: You use social media mainly for business or
career purposes.
2. Photo with your baby or child: You want to show what you have achieved in your family
life and are generally more interested in a response from women than from men.
3. Photo with a partner: You see your other half as the most important
thing in your life, and you see yourself as one half of a couple.
4. Having fun with friends: Generally young and carefree, you want to
project an image of being fun and popular.
5. Vacation photo: You are a bit of an escapist and eager to show
a different side of yourself from what you do on a day-to-day basis.
6.
Photo of you as a child: This kind of image says that you don’t really
want to grow up and face the future. You are nostalgic for your childhood.
7. Caricature: Using a caricature is a way of saying that your
image isn’t too rigid and that you don’t take yourself too seriously.
8. Photo related to your political beliefs or a
team that you support:
You think that your beliefs and interests are more important than your
personality.
9.
Photo related to your name, but not actually you
(a shop sign or product label for example): You want to be identifiable, but you feel your
name is more important than what you look like.
10.
Photo with a celebrity: You think that showing yourself with a
well-known person will make you seem more important.
11. Self-portrait taken with webcam/camera phone: Functional. It says, “Look, I
don’t dress up; take me as I am.”
12. Logo of your business or company: You only use social media in a professional
capacity, and you identify more with your work role than with your private
life.
Whether it's a photo of you on a night out or of you with your newborn baby, the image you choose to represent you on social networking sites says a lot about you.
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