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I was just looking at some friends' facebook pages. Some people tend to have a lot of pictures up and some people tend to have none.
Those that have none are a mix of people between those who are older with kids and barely use facebook to those of my friends who are more on the introverted side. Some of my more introverted and more antisocial facebook friends have maybe one picture of themselves and like 30 pics of random garbage.
To which I was thinking ... does taking and posting photos of yourself show confidence?
Personally, I hate taking photos and looking at photos of myself. Detest it and always have. I don't think I'm that introverted. There's lots of photos on my Facebook page that others have taken. But maybe taking more photos and making albums and laying out my 'good pics' on my facebook page would make me seem a more confident and interesting person?
Do you want to "seem" like a more confident and interesting person, or do you want to "BE" a more confident and intersing person?
Seeming is being...
It seems part of being a confident person is being able to slap photos of yourself all over the place and feel confident showing the world you've been here and there.
I think that confident, secure people who are just living their life don't even think about this stuff. Those whose self-esteem is off balance either post few or no photos or try really hard to portray themselves a certain way. Personally, I fall into the category of posting few photos. I just happened to feel really good about it one day and took a photo of myself with my phone and then posted it saying in the caption "and I don't even take pictures". Other than that, I still have my original profile pictures up from over 2 years ago that I took when I was tipsy. I find it hard to post stuff and just let go of it without worrying about it and thinking all sorts of nonsense.
I think that confident, secure people who are just living their life don't even think about this stuff. Those whose self-esteem is off balance either post few or no photos or try really hard to portray themselves a certain way. Personally, I fall into the category of posting few photos. I just happened to feel really good about it one day and took a photo of myself with my phone and then posted it saying in the caption "and I don't even take pictures". Other than that, I still have my original profile pictures up from over 2 years ago that I took when I was tipsy. I find it hard to post stuff and just let go of it without worrying about it and thinking all sorts of nonsense.
That said, this is that last pic:
I think you're a good looking dude (in a totally objective way!)
Someone having a lot of Facebook photos just show that he/she is in more photo opportunities. It could mean they're more social, extroverted, etc. but I don't think it necessarily means they're more confident. Some people just post photos to get attention, along with status updates and everything else you can post on Facebook.
I try not to look into social networking sites too much. Some people are completely different on the internet.
I've always liked seeing pictures of myself. I find it fascinating that you hate seeing yourself. Maybe youre not a visual person.
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