If not, why?
It is of me, but it’s a couple years old. (2008 I think) It’s not more current because I normally hate photos of myself and it’s one of the few I actually like.
Yup. It was taken less than a week ago. I’ve still changed my hair since then. I change my hair a lot.
Its from 2008. Nice and far away too.
Me from 2005. It has been my Facebook profile picture for five years. Why not change it? Because I am hugging a giant panda, and I love looking at that adorable creature (The panda, not me!).
But when people are searching for Friends, and search on your name, they kind of want to see you face more clearly when the pic is small so they can see if you are who they hope you are…I thought that was the purpose of the profile pic. Save the pics of other things and group shots for your albums!
Yes, mine was taken about two weeks ago.
:: so jealous so jealous so jealous ::
I LOVE pandas!
I can only think offhand of three of my friends who actually use photos of themselves as their profile photos, everyone else has pics of their babies or vehicles (cars, planes). For a while it seemed like every female friend had an ultrasound image as their avatar, it was a bit spooky as reduced so small the pictures looked a bit like old crime scene photos, chalk outlines photographed at night and scanned in from an old scratched polaroid.
ETA: My profile photo is of my face, although I share the frame with my much missed dog. I have a common name now and I don’t want to waste anyone’s time with erroneous friend requests anymore than I want to waste my own.
Its a Lolcat because its better looking than my picture.
Its a South Park style 'toon of me. Full of rage, dressed as a nurse, holding a hypodermic syringe. Keeps people nice and scared of me. LOL
My cat is a lot more photogenic than I am.
If I have a big toothy grin I look positively insane. If I smile with my mouth closed I just look insipid. If I have a neutral expression I look pissed off. If it’s a candid photo, I invariably have a stupid look on my face and am in an awkward pose. I can’t win.
When mine is me, it’s usually a somewhat recent picture. But often times it’s not me, it’s Dayman or Greenman, or The Maxx or Steve Holt etc…
Which put me in an odd situation. A few days ago, I got a friend request from one of my Dad’s friends (we have the same name). Now, the picture at the time wasn’t me. He may know that my dad isn’t on FB, but I get the feeling he thought it was my dad. I’m just ignoring the request for now. I don’t want to put him in the odd position of having to say “Oooooh…nevermind then”
Mine is a picture of my cat reading an Indian take away menu.
Why? Because it’s my cat. Reading a take out menu. How could I not?
Nothing personal, Skald, I just think apoplexy is a fun word.
It is a bit over a year ago. It was taken at the NFC championship game in January of 2009. I use it as my profile pic most of the time.
Apoplexy is a GREAT word; that’s why I used it.
It’s a picture of my sister’s cat. I got in really close and she took a swipe at the camera, so my profile picture is of a pissed-off cat with claws extended, reaching out to slash the viewer. It’s much cooler than a picture of me could ever be.
Mine is a picture of my daughter because she’s way cuter than me.
People can’t search for me by profile picture anyway; I’ve locked down my privacy settings so only my friends can see my profile pic. Combined with my common-as-dirt name and I’m invisible to anyone I don’t want finding me (you need either my email address or to spot me on my friends profiles to find me).
I was prepared to answer no, because it is more than a year old, but apparently that’s current. So yes, my Facebook profile’s picture is a current one. I look exactly the same then as I do now so it probably won’t get changed for a good while either.