Fake Pictures...

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  • clvgrl1
    clvgrl1 Posts: 4
    my guess is that they also have fake FB or POF profiles, and use this site to further "validate" those fake profiles.
  • ambrwaves27
    ambrwaves27 Posts: 206
    Does it count if they put up a pic of fake boobs for boobie friday?
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    <-- This is a real picture of me.
  • ilarrotta
    ilarrotta Posts: 160 Member
    How about getting my real picture and adding a JCpenney logo to it to see if they take me to be one of their models..... lol
  • scottg1024
    scottg1024 Posts: 224
    Maybe sometimes this is their ENTIRE social life. This could be the only place they experience social fulfillment, human interaction, and even SEX.

    SHUT UP, MOM!!! I'LL BE DOWNSTAIRS FOR LUNCH IN A SECOND...jeez...

    uh, sorry.
  • aftergypsies
    aftergypsies Posts: 248 Member
    Exactly. And my point to that is... wtf? If you don't want to use your real picture, I get it. I'm not exactly "pretty." But why try to deceive other members. That's just kinda creepy.

    Creepy like those dudes with like 100 friends and all of them are women...

    Hahaha. I see what you did there.
  • aftergypsies
    aftergypsies Posts: 248 Member
    Did you hit on someone and then realize their picture was fake and now you're mad?

    I don't get the use of fake pics tbh. It's kind of ridiculous and silly.
  • Meghansmotivqte
    Meghansmotivqte Posts: 4 Member
    LOL, are you looking for compliments? You keep degrading yourself and you shouldn't do that.
  • hunter624
    hunter624 Posts: 252
    The camera always lies.... It made my mother - in - law look human at our wedding, 43 years ago!

    :drinker:
    :laugh:
  • LadyIvysMom
    LadyIvysMom Posts: 391 Member
    There might be copyrights on some of my photos. They are really me. I model and if I'm posting photos from my modeling work here, I'm giving the photographer their well earned credit if they require me to. Some do. Some don't. The headshot I use as my pic now, the photographer doesn't care if his name is on it or not but some photographers I've worked with are very, very picky and have every right to be so.

    So just saying, if someone's photo has a copyright on it, don't always discount it as not really their photo.
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    There might be copyrights on some of my photos. They are really me. I model and if I'm posting photos from my modeling work here, I'm giving the photographer their well earned credit if they require me to. Some do. Some don't. The headshot I use as my pic now, the photographer doesn't care if his name is on it or not but some photographers I've worked with are very, very picky and have every right to be so.

    So just saying, if someone's photo has a copyright on it, don't always discount it as not really their photo.

    Exactly. I leave the watermark and/or logos on my pictures to give credit where credit is due. This one is one of my husband's latest and has his watermark on it. Many of my pictures in my album do have a watermark and/or logo, because I posted photo shoot pictures.
  • ChrisRS87
    ChrisRS87 Posts: 781 Member
    Self concious of their own image I assume. They post their ideal appearance rather than their actual, what they eventually hope to look like.
  • scottg1024
    scottg1024 Posts: 224
    My picture is me - at work - in the bathroom. I did have to take several so as not to have the urinal appear in the shot. Maybe it would have been less creepy to use someone else's pic after all.
  • babydoll315
    babydoll315 Posts: 30 Member
    I've noticed that a vast majority of member pictures on MFP are, or at least appear to be, "real." In fact, compared to most social networks, I think there is a solid argument that MFP members are notably more honest about their pictures than most social sites.

    All that said, on occasion, I browse past a profile that is CLEARLY using fake pictures. And I'm not talking about pictures of their pets, funny JPG's, etc. I'm talking about pictures in which a member discusses how great their abs look, when a Copyright © JCPennys.com notice is clearly visible at the bottom. Really?

    I guess my point with this post is to ask "why?"

    I'm not saying the practice is good, nor bad. I'm just curious about the psychology itself.

    Hahahaha! I've never come across anything like that... that is hilarious! Very observant of you!

    Keep being awesome.
  • irishscorpio66
    irishscorpio66 Posts: 22 Member
    I will take it down!!! ;o)
  • gpstrucker
    gpstrucker Posts: 930 Member
    If I used a fake pic it might look better LOL
  • angusmike
    angusmike Posts: 97
    Mine's real. The skull is bone and the helmet is Kevlar. :bigsmile:
  • marie_cressman
    marie_cressman Posts: 980 Member
    if i shave my belly hair to make it look like i have abs, does that count? :-p

    DO IT!

    I can't imagine why someone would other than just wanting to hear praise. Maybe they have something else going on in their heads and need someone to say "wow! you inspire me! you are awesome!" Everyone loves a little praise.
  • babydoll315
    babydoll315 Posts: 30 Member
    if i shave my belly hair to make it look like i have abs, does that count? :-p

    Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
  • HurricaneElaine
    HurricaneElaine Posts: 984 Member
    I wish I had the huevos to use a picture that wasn't of me as my profile pic. That would make me, like, a scammer.

    Google James McCain, this guy just tried to strike up a 'relationship' with my roomie.
  • SurfinBird1981
    SurfinBird1981 Posts: 517 Member
    Because they are weird :bigsmile:
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Mine is all me. :-)

    I did fall for Matthew mcconaguey tho... Mmmm
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I've noticed a few guys here photoshopped their heads onto super fit bodies. I was wondering for awhile why a few guys' heads looked too big for their body. :laugh:
  • Chapter3point6
    Chapter3point6 Posts: 1,233
    I think the bigger issue here is why someone would borrow a JC Penney picture when they could borrow a Glamour Shot instead.

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    AND YES, MY HORN IS REAL BIATCHES!
  • guapogringo
    guapogringo Posts: 201
    Mine are all legit but i caught two female pals with fake pics that were heavily photoshopped on my friend list. Makes you really wonder about some people.
  • DoomCakes
    DoomCakes Posts: 806 Member
    I'm pretty sure for most people it's one of two things. Their self esteem so low that they refuse to show their real self. Or attention freaks who need a constant "you're so hot!". I understand the goal one, I have a friend who has that. But she states "The pic is what I WANT to look like" Not "Hey, this is me!". It's stupid, if you're on this site, why be fake? That's not going to achieve your weight loss goals. That's like lying in your food journal saying you under ate when you know you over ate. You're nto fooling your body even if you're fooling the world. My pic is clearly fake. ~.^ But I have real pics as well. I just like Rinoa a bit more.
  • DoomCakes
    DoomCakes Posts: 806 Member
    I think the bigger issue here is why someone would borrow a JC Penney picture when they could borrow a Glamour Shot instead.

    1p54rqtlgb.jpg

    AND YES, MY HORN IS REAL BIATCHES!

    OMG YES! This pic is full of win :D
  • IamRoJ
    IamRoJ Posts: 530 Member
    Wow...read this and totally thought of one person in partic. And they actually commented already. *rolling eyes*. All my pics are of me but I'd still say they're kinda fraudulent. I pick only pics I find flattering or make me look thinner. IRL I'm still chubby looking and kinda plain. I guess we do it for the attention. Nice to be flattered, though I agree with the OP. hard to be truly flattered when you think "if they saw me IRL they wouldn't think I'm that cute"

    Crud. Now I feel bad. *considering posting an unflattering pic*
  • DangerSass
    DangerSass Posts: 124 Member
    My pics are me, well not the pic of my Saint Bernard, I do like to play with them and make them black and white sometimes, not sure if that qualifies as "fake" or not. I take most of them with my iPhone so the body pics are headless because I can't fit all of me in them, my arms aren't long enough. I have head shots as well. Obviously my pics are the ones I feel good about. I worked really hard transforming myself after letting myself go. Everyone likes attention, but really I like it more when someone my age who has had kids tells me I have given them hope and have inspired them. Not sure I would feel the same if I got that with a fake photo. That being said I don't care if other choose to use fake pics, if they are using fake pics and claiming they are real, those are the people I stay away from.

    :heart: Sass
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    This post is no fun unless you name names.

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