Would you spend money to get a decent profile picture on your Facebook profile?

Just two word- NO WAY!!! Facebook is a platform where you connect with friends and keep yourself updated.. Most of the people in your friend list know you personally and have seen the real you..So then Why would you spend to get something artificial? It really puzzles me !! But then there are a lot of people who get an ego boost when someone comments on their photo on how good they look or how pretty they are.. they are people who seeks others approval to help them feel better.. Luckily I am not one among them .. Hence I would never do such a stupid thing. Cheers

Hi deepak, I dont think that I would spend money to get my photograph taken just so that I get noticed on Facebook.I like natural pictures that introduce me to my friends on facebook....No doubt that a picture does tell a tale about the person and probably about his taste and preferences to a certain extent.But again, I wouldnt give too much importance to it since it is a personal choice as to whether one want to upload a picture or not.Enjoy your day deepak

Facebook users spending money to get profile pictures? Wouldn't the profile pictures be serving some other primary purpose instead of just being a profile picture? For example, my friend had a portrait picture taken for God knows what and decided that the pic would look nice for her FB profile. I would definitely not pay for just a profile picture - after all, Facebook is meant to be free. A profile picture isn't really supposed to be the supreme representation of everything on your Facebook account - you can't really see anything much about your person through a profile picture, could you? So, yeah. I wouldn't pay for a profile picture, because Facebook is a SOCIAL NETWORKING site, not a PICTURE SHARING one.

I personally feel a profile picture of any networking sites be it facebook or others speak a lot about the person . What the profile should be and how much you should make it distinctive depends on your priority . If one is into films or modelling then there justification in spending money to make the profile lucrative . Public figures and socially recognized personalities do use technology to build up their image both ways . But I being a low profile person neither have the inclination nor money to put up a 'rich' profile picture because I know that most of my friends in the list know me personally and I don't need any buid up . I have seen my friends spending huge amount on their profile photos to be uploaded on marriage sites . Does that really help in the long run ? They have the answers .

Whoaw! I've never heard of that. But I have seen very nice and professional photos uploaded on people's FB accounts. Some of them are already professional photographers while some have friends' who owns those DSLR camera's which made them upload nice photos.

I have many friends who spent a lot of time to edit the images on fb by their own way but I had not seen any of them spending money to have a good profile picture. Profile picture plays a little role in having friends. For Eg: If you put a girls beautiful photo at the very next hours you will have many of request. My sister have thissituation. At first she just uploaded a cute little girls photo at that time she was not have such things but when she uploaded her cute photo every one started to sent more and more of messages and friend request. Friends remember that such friends are really fake they just here to have something different which you do not think

In today's technology, i dont think you have to spend money to get decent photo of yours. We have digital cameras, mobile phones that carry a decent camera and also our webcam. Moreover there are many free photo editing sites, which make you look pretty impressive.

I'll make friends with the photographer..if I'd to get something by spending why dont I spend on him/her. That way, the benefits will be forever like LIC Jeevan Tarang..

What the..???? Spend money to get a decent profile picture on my facebook profile?? For what?? To get compliment from others???Hehe....I won't do that..I can edit the photo myself. but it actually a good new job for photographer and designer. Photo editing for facebook profile~ Sounds good..What we may think as wasting might give benefits to others right??(^^)

Hi dpk, Like most of the other responses, its a big NO from me too. I don't want to be picture perfect, that too on online. I am not interested to spend on it either but I have a friend who updates her picture often and enjoy the comments too.

Hahhah..laddu I never spend the money for my pic because I have no original pic. I make a facebook account but not upload my pic. But now I will upload my family pic of shegaon tour.

No, i will not,but it only depends on people if they have to much money to do that ,well they can. Is nothing to be a big deal to do that in my fb profile pic.if i am going to do that,well i should saved the money .

I would never spend money on a picture for facebook, I feel when some of my freinds put their best pictures on looking fab, they start receiving friend requests of some very strange people, Unless you have a very bad self esteem, i wont be suprised if you put a professional pic on there. Rather save your money and dont think to much of what other people think of you.

That is so superficial! I know that in my picture I want to look good, but I also want to be able to change my picture every once in a while when I get bored. Therefore I dont really find it worth it to spend good money on it, I can see if I were already taking pictures like when getting family portraits done, but otherwise I think it's a waste of money.

I WILL NOT. I would just post one of my best photographs anywhere [make a choice among the existing ones and pick the best] but would never consider doing such a thing. My relationships would only be built on friendship and genuine respect; any friendship develops only after interactions and by the time the friendship has developed we always realise that looks do not come into this aspect. However, as far as denoting taste , I would add one thing. We all have different tastes and to a middle aged person like me, if I see some obscene photograph that crosses the borderline in decency, it may cause slight hesitation in forging friendships. But , however wonderful a photograph is, if I am not too comfortable interacting with a person , I would not interact.

This is why I am not at Facebook.It is a friend getting contest! It has Nothing to do with a True friendship but the number of people you have on your list! Funny I don't see people as numbers! I will not just add a person Just because they ask me too so Why in the hell would I get a picture of myself to parade around at Facebook?! I love my avatar here. I don't have a digital picture I like of myself and even if I did I would not Want to peddle myself around Just to gain friends I will Never truly connect with!

Spending money for a profile pic...hmmm..I think that's a bit too much. There are a lot of ways that you could get a decent profile pic...for free! I guess whoever does something like this, is really addicted to facebook.

Some people could really be so vain. Imagine having a picture taken by a professional just so, that it could be their profile picture. In my opinion, they are maybe those people who are in need of friends to cheer them up. That's why they pay , so they could get a nice shot for their profile picture. Sad, but some people would really use their money just to gain friends.

hello, No, I this kind of issue I wont ever spend money just to please everyone and give me a compliment. Well, that is true that's on my mind when my friends spend money for a photographer just to take a good picture of her. Wow! shes really rich. I dont think that is a practical idea. Maybe she just want to be popular. ha ha

lol. I would never spend money just for profile picture on facebook. If I want a picture with magical effecr rhen I can use DSLR camera and then edit it through photoshop. You can do a lot with that program. Anwayy, regarding those people who spend penny to hire a professional photographer, guess they have a lot of ectra cash for it so it won't be bad too. :D