Facebook isn’t a dating website. It would be strange for a facebook profile to look like a dating profile as that suggests you don’t have a social life. A facebook profile normally grows organically over time.
There are three main photos:
(1) Your Avatar/profile picture. It should show your face. Humans use the availability heuristic. Make it easy to recognize yourself on the small thumbnails in conversations.
The avatar is placed at the left of the screen. As a result it makes sense that the body is turned towards the right, in the direction of the text.
Have open body language. You don’t want to be turned inward but you want to be turned outward. It’s good if the facial muscles are relaxed. It might be worthwhile to spend 30 minutes before taking the photo to get into a good physical state.
Wear clothes that signal what you want to signal. Logos can signal tribal affiliations. Depending on who you are and who you want to express different choices can make sense.
(2) Cover photo. I don’t have a good idea and probably will soon choose a new one for myself. A good strategy would be to illustrating a hobby or value that you have.
(3) General tagging. Go to a few social events that produce photos. Get photos of you participating in any hobby that you like. Photos are often made for event promotion.
Salsa Congress for example usually have a photographer that posts pictures on facebook that show of that the event is cool.
Facebook isn’t a dating website. It would be strange for a facebook profile to look like a dating profile as that suggests you don’t have a social life. A facebook profile normally grows organically over time.
There are three main photos:
(1) Your Avatar/profile picture. It should show your face. Humans use the availability heuristic. Make it easy to recognize yourself on the small thumbnails in conversations.
The avatar is placed at the left of the screen. As a result it makes sense that the body is turned towards the right, in the direction of the text.
Have open body language. You don’t want to be turned inward but you want to be turned outward. It’s good if the facial muscles are relaxed. It might be worthwhile to spend 30 minutes before taking the photo to get into a good physical state.
Wear clothes that signal what you want to signal. Logos can signal tribal affiliations. Depending on who you are and who you want to express different choices can make sense.
(2) Cover photo. I don’t have a good idea and probably will soon choose a new one for myself. A good strategy would be to illustrating a hobby or value that you have.
(3) General tagging. Go to a few social events that produce photos. Get photos of you participating in any hobby that you like. Photos are often made for event promotion.
Salsa Congress for example usually have a photographer that posts pictures on facebook that show of that the event is cool.
Yo! Thanks for the long post.
Not for dating, just to keep up with stuff I otherwise couldn’t and some women here and there.
Yeah, that’s what my mind statistics way, too.
Taking the rest to heart. Got an idea for the cover photo?
The point is that a profile that looks like it’s a dating profile would be strange.
After thinking about the act of creating a new facebook profile, I would recommend to make the friend list invisible if the friend count is <100.
I don’t have a strong opinion about picking a cover photo. My own picture is from dancing.