“Please like my profile picture and I’ll love you forever!” I don’t know why people make a fuss over it.
Based on my experience, I have schoolmates in FB who get 100 likes on their profile pictures. Some of them have breathtaking pictures that is why they deserve to get a staggering number of likes. In contrast, I get skeptical whenever I see average-looking girls’ photos with more thumbs-up than they are supposed to have. Worse, the more attractive girls don’t get as much attention as they receive when it comes to their DPs. The question comes to mind: is beauty measured by the number of likes you receive on your Facebook DP? Do you believe in the superficial statement (according to some)“The more likes you receive, the prettier you are whereas no likes means you’re ugly" ?
The answer is no.
A picture does not show who you are as a person. It may speak a thousand words but there is always a secret lying beneath the smile, the colors, and how the shot was made. There is so much more than that. You may have a thousand likes on your default image but it was made possible only with the help of Photoshop. Besides, being pretty is different from being photogenic. There are people who are gorgeous in real-life but look wasted in photos whilst some transform unbelievably on-cam albeit their average in-person looks. If you ask me, I’ve seen lots of people in both sides.
It’s okay to ask me to like your DP - only if it really is Facebook-worthy.
