Ever wonder if the avatar photos that some people have are really from them?

Well, I'm not really expecting everybody here on mylot to post their own photo on their avatars, and as obviously seen there are quite a few who use different kinds of photos from flowers, animals, cartoons and all those stuffs..and yeah I've also seen photos of really good looking and model-like avatars...like you I wonder if they're really theirs...well, that's their choice..it could be that they wanted complete privacy, or it could also be that they love the photos they're using as avatars more than their real photo... LOL anyways, don't worry bout mine...that's my real photo as it doesn't appear to be real good looking. :P

Yes i think many of the "personal" photos here in mylot are obvious fakes, especially with lovely ladies photos where they may be men or older women, etc. I believe that if someone doesn't want to include his/her real photo they should put something else but not a fake photo, it's kind of cheating and really not a nice thing to do although it might not be against any posted guidelines and rules of mylot.

Nope. they are all downloaded from different sites. Which in case can be of personal use only and not to be commercialized.

Lots of people don't use a picture of themselves. Like your self, unlesss you really are Roger Rabbit lol. I choose my avitar because she is very special to me. Most people pick pictures of someone they respect or actors/models that they really like.

Well I must admit my avator is a pic of me. I am not worried about showing my avator off simple cause I believe it makes what I do more believable. I mean they see the real person and know who they are talking to Never had any problems with adding my pic to anything or my real first name Wendy

Well considering what the person is my avatar looks like I'm fairly certain no one would assume I picked some model's photo for my avatar. I think that a lot of the people who use real people here are actually using their photos. There are those of course using actors and actresses that they like, but if the majority of them you can't regecognize than odds are they're the person.

Lol maybe some people don't want another to see what they look like , I chose mine because I was sent it from a friend and I just love it , xx

well most don't but some people don't realy have any thing to hide so it does not matter this is not my pis my baby the qutest baby

I think it is not very wise to put up your real photograph on a public forum.Privacy is very important.As you can clearly see that I closely resemble Van Persie R. lol.

RogerTheRabbit, I started a similar discussion weeks ago about members who use other people's photo. ( It was not my attention to paraphrase yours and I do apologize) When using the search nothing came up. I started my discussion after seeing many members use photos that were not them. The photo in my profile is a picture of me. I actually just changed mine today. The other pic I had up was me too. I don't understand why people post pics that are not them. Little do they know that using someone's pic is a violation & could put that person in danger. Good discussion Mr. Rabbit!