# Is your Facebook profile picture a current photo of you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517 "2010-05-23T23:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/41 "2010-05-24T04:45:43Z")
Facebook? Why is anyone on it? ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/42 "2010-05-24T04:48:02Z")
Mine is quite recent, about a week or so old. It’s my face and the top half of my body. It’s not very close up though, so although you can see me clearly if you actually go look at the picture, you probably wouldn’t be able to tell it’s me from the thumbnails. Ah well, that is fine with me! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/43 "2010-05-24T05:03:36Z")
My facebook profile pic is Michael Bolton from Office Space. I get compared to him about once every 6 months or so, therefore I want partial credit. The last option was tempting too, b/c it’s a great choice. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/44 "2010-05-24T05:19:32Z")
Mine’s about a month old, so yes. I should replace it with one showing my face, though. (The one I have now is to show off my new short haircut from the side.) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/45 "2010-05-24T09:26:52Z")
I didn’t vote, since there’s not an option that really describes my pic and I didn’t want to give **Skald** apoplexy. It’s a [picture of me](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v367/97/5/670329456/n670329456_1040444_6611.jpg) (among other things), but it’s taken from too far away to make out my face. It was taken three and a half years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/46 "2010-05-24T09:41:41Z")
Mine’s a couple of days old. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/47 "2010-05-24T10:01:27Z")
It’s a year or so old, and a close-up of my face, but I’m wearing tinted mad scientist goggles. So I’m not completely recognizable. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/48 "2010-05-24T10:09:13Z")
My profile pic has nothing to do with me at all. I don’t photograph well and I can be bothered faffing about trying to make a pic look good for a bunch of random strangers. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/49 "2010-05-24T10:13:14Z")
I’m trying to find a good picture to use. Actually, I was probably going to photoshop myself standing on the deck of an unbuilt warship, or something. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/50 "2010-05-24T10:33:39Z")
None of the choices fit. It’s not a picture of my face but it does have to do with my face. [It could have been my face back in second grade.](http://stuntgranny.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/buckwheat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/51 "2010-05-24T10:43:09Z")
Mine’s a year old - haven’t found a nice one to change it too, and I look pretty much the same. ---
**Author:** ![lshaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@lshaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lshaw)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/52 "2010-05-24T10:55:39Z")
I haven’t changed my picture since I opened up a Facebook account five years ago. In my defense, I still look the same. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/53 "2010-05-24T11:55:47Z")
Nope, not me at all. It’s my 4 dogs, all piled on top of one another. It’s a very cute picture! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/54 "2010-05-24T12:15:17Z")
Nope. It’s [http://www.arts-wallpapers.com/movie\_wallpapers/yojimbo/yojimbo.jpg](http://www.arts-wallpapers.com/movie_wallpapers/yojimbo/yojimbo.jpg). When I set it up I didn’t have any pics of me online and just couldn’t be arsed taking one and uploading it. I’m not that into facebook and have posted/updated it about 4 times in two years. Don’t really know why I set it up in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/55 "2010-05-24T13:33:50Z")
I changed my picture seeing as Im job interviewing and all. I now have a nice normal picture of me, taken three years ago at a scenic local point. _yawn_ ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/56 "2010-05-24T13:34:01Z")
Mine is a cartoon character that my husband says reminds him of me. I think I’ll change it to a current photo for a while. ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/57 "2010-05-24T13:41:10Z")
it’s a pic of my hand holding my kitty’s paw, taken eight months ago. so yes, current, but not my face. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/58 "2010-05-24T13:42:23Z")
I think there are two primary reasons why people do not put a current picture of themselves as their profile pic on facebook. 1. They are concerned about internet privacy issues and don’t put any pictures of themselves on the web, or… 2. They are insecure about their current appearance and don’t want people from their past to see what they look like now. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/59 "2010-05-24T13:42:34Z")
Yup, mine is of me and my bf from February of this year. We were dressed up in steampunk for our friends Victorian wedding. It’s the same one used on the [SDMB photo gallery](http://nouilles.info/sdpix/75725.html). ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517/60 "2010-05-24T13:45:23Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > I think there are two primary reasons why people do not put a current picture of themselves as their profile pic on facebook. > > 1. They are concerned about internet privacy issues and don’t put any pictures of themselves on the web… yes! thank you 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-facebook-profile-picture-a-current-photo-of-you/540517.md?page=4)