Is your profile pic helping or hurting you? That tiny 48-by-48-pixel photo (for Twitter in stream, other social networks vary) might say a lot more about you than you think.
For example, one of my Twitter followers uses a profile picture that's entirely of his chest. A very hairy, not-so-attractive chest. I'm not sure if there's any other way to interpret his personality and perspective other than "I'm a douchebag." (Sorry, Twitter friend. Otherwise, I really like you.)
Lest you think I'm just being judgmental and criticizing for no good reason, think about this experience: You're catching up on your social media feeds and see logo, logo, face belonging to someone you like, logo, a friend's face...then ugly chest hair. The more the profile picture shows up, the more jarring and aggravating it becomes.
It's not just chest hair. I appreciate the human body much as the next person, but I don't really enjoy seeing random body parts like elbows or even breasts busting out of shirts to assault my eyes. You can't unsee some things.
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