Identity

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Kenya
March 2, 2025 8:32am CST
On social media we have the profile display picture feature e.g whataap . Do you use your real photo, avatar, leave it plain or alternate ? In my case it depends with my mood and the message I want to convey so I'd say I alternate occasionally.
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@cabuyogty (3337)
• Philippines
2 Mar
Hello. I use my real photo in my facebook but in other social medias I like to use animated avatars.
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• Kenya
2 Mar
Oooh that's good I do use my real.photos too On facebook
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@cabuyogty (3337)
• Philippines
3 Mar
@Laurakemunto yes! Even if I'm not that beautiful in person!
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• Kenya
4 Mar
@cabuyogty don't put yourself down you are beautiful that's all I know
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@allknowing (141983)
• India
2 Mar
On Face Book I have my real picture.
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@allknowing (141983)
• India
3 Mar
@Laurakemunto On Face Book no one hides their identity
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• Kenya
4 Mar
@allknowing but the use of avatars? Cause I have seen some do that
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• Kenya
3 Mar
Oooh that's good makes it easier for friends or close relatives to connect with you with ease
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@Tina30219 (82733)
• Onaway, Michigan
3 Mar
On all my social media sites and other sites I belong to it has my picture may not be of what I look like now but they all have pictures of me.
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@Tina30219 (82733)
• Onaway, Michigan
3 Mar
@Laurakemunto It sure is I am thankful for it when people use their pictures or at least tell me if they have one or what is one their profile so I can find them
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• Kenya
3 Mar
@Tina30219 yes it reduces the hustle given that we have a lot to do
• Kenya
3 Mar
Oooh that's lovely .it's a way of identity and makes it easier to be found especially by friends and relatives
@DaddyEvil (143003)
• United States
2 Mar
On WhatsApp I use a chalk drawing of Pretty and I when she was around 7 years old as my avatar. On myLot I use an enhanced picture that Pretty made from a real photo of me taken in a doctors' waiting room. On any other site, I don't use anything on my profile. I don't change them.
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@DaddyEvil (143003)
• United States
3 Mar
@Laurakemunto Thank you. I was amazed when Pretty presented me with two "photos" made from the one picture she took of me in the waiting room.
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• Kenya
3 Mar
That's cool I used to have my profile on WhatsApp for my kids but removed it long ago now I use an initial for my name . I find your daughter's creativity charming
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• Kenya
3 Mar
@DaddyEvil she's truly a pretty lady with lots of creativity
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@grenery8 (14718)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
3 Mar
i agree about mood too cause, it's the same case with me. for now, it's my real photo.
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• Kenya
4 Mar
Yea mood plays a big part in our lives
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• Kenya
6 Mar
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@grenery8 (14718)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
5 Mar
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@lilacskies (9582)
• United States
3 Mar
I don't use social media, but I would pick a sky picture like I did on here. I don't want to provide my personal identifying information online and that includes my own picture.
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• Kenya
3 Mar
It's understandable some sites I don't use my real photos
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• Kenya
6 Mar
@lilacskies I try as much as possible to filter unwanted persons when using real photo though it's not 100 percent but better than not doing anything
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• United States
3 Mar
@Laurakemunto You just never know who might come across your photo. So many creeps out there. It's not safe.
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@snowy22315 (186346)
• United States
2 Mar
I usually use real photos but I don't usually update them.
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• Kenya
2 Mar
That's great I too don't do alot of updates to the photos
@JudyEv (347847)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Mar
I'm not really on other sites. I use my photo here and on my FB account.
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• Kenya
3 Mar
That's cool and you are pretty I do use my real photos on Facebook and here too
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