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Jun 29, 2016 8:22 PM

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To answer the original question, I will provide 2 of my own:

1) How many people here actually care what I really look like?
2) Is my current picture not accurate or representative enough?
Jun 29, 2016 9:00 PM

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I use mine ^.^ I do get slightly irritated though because I like to be able to put a face with whom I am talking to. But I also try to respect that they want their privacy. Oh well.
Jun 29, 2016 10:12 PM

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I do, it's an old photo but it's me, and putting anime as avatar/profile picture on an anime site would make me just one of the many, I like being different.
Jun 29, 2016 10:27 PM
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I don't because no one else does. Does that make me a follower?
Jun 30, 2016 5:57 AM

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I generally don't put my face on the Internet. And when I was new all the other people on Forum Games had anime pictures, so I followed suit. Uploading a RL picture never even crossed my mind.
This reminds me of the days when my avatar was of Kodaka from Haganai... ah, good times.

Anyway, it's better this way - I imagine MAL users as their profile pictures and forum avatars, and the internet is a more magical place when Junko Enoshima can have a conversation with a potato.
Jun 30, 2016 6:54 AM

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Dude this is a forum exlusively for weeaboos. Do you think users are interested in seeing a 3D profile picture?
Jun 30, 2016 8:20 AM

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obviously cuz i am bored with looking at my old mug and this isn't a dating site either so i have no reasons to
also i get to put a anime pic here without people shouting WEEABO or something
2D > 3D get out of here pleb
Jun 30, 2016 8:23 AM

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ErwinJA said:
To answer the original question, I will provide 2 of my own:

1) How many people here actually care what I really look like?
2) Is my current picture not accurate or representative enough?


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Jun 30, 2016 8:25 AM
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Because this isn't tinder. 'Nuff said.
Jun 30, 2016 8:48 AM
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why would i have a profile picture of myself for a bunch of strangers to see it
Jun 30, 2016 1:14 PM

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It's your choice. Use your own photo for you avatar. Nobody curr.
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Jun 30, 2016 1:30 PM

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Korilakkumi said:
I have myself as my profile picture and forum avatar ;D call me a narcissist or whatever, but i'm mad cute
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Jun 30, 2016 4:52 PM

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Mines not my profile picture but it's hidden in my profile. It's fairly old though... I have it simply because it's nice to be able to see who your communicating with.

Though, I can understand why some people wouldn't bother, I mean after all this isn't a dating website is it?
Jul 1, 2016 5:22 AM

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People aren't comfortable with the idea, besides Chinese cartoon pictures look more attractive.
Jul 1, 2016 5:56 AM
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I have myself as my profile picture because I, idk. Using anime pictures is weird to me. lol. Tho i don't mind using it for forum avatar.

i do get why people use it as their profile pic. Anonymity is bliss.
Jul 1, 2016 6:13 AM

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because i don't want the people of mal to gouge their eyeballs out
ok maybe i do
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Jul 11, 2016 10:34 AM
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Because on the Internet you can be whoever you want.

But I still choose a drawing/anime character fanart/any other art as my profile picture that kinda looks like me.
Jul 11, 2016 11:19 AM

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Because I don't want people I know IRL stumbling upon this website and finding me here.

Besides, I look 3 years younger than my actual age


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Jul 11, 2016 11:50 AM

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To not not judged by their look?
Also I change my hairstyle so often and it's hard to update all avatars each time it happens.
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Jul 11, 2016 12:05 PM
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Because they are oversensitive little shits with no confidence
das why
Or, because they didn't come to this site to advertise themselves for dating(like a lot of people on this site do for some reason)
Jul 11, 2016 2:13 PM

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cause our waifus and husbandos are obviously way cooler than us
Jul 11, 2016 8:41 PM

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I don't really feel comfortable knowing that every time someone goes to my profile they see my face. I did post my picture once in a thread that said to post your pics since everyone was doing it, but the link expired already. Don't think I'll openly post my pics anymore though unless it's with someone close.
Jul 11, 2016 8:48 PM

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Can't get bothered to take a picture and uploading it to my computer.
Jul 19, 2016 2:35 PM

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Coz I'm secretly a 14 year old who's insecure about himself and that's why he's on MAL.
Jul 19, 2016 2:48 PM

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Because I'm ugly af. I don't want people dying from cringeness over the internet, there is enough shit in the world already

I wouldn't mind if others would share their fotos, tho.I know, hot grills - yes, you there (: You know, you need someone to look at when you are living like a mole in his cave all day long.

Hehe xd

On a serious note, role-playing is fun
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Jul 19, 2016 3:04 PM

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Having a picture of myself in my profile would affect the way people see me. I also value my privacy.
Jul 20, 2016 6:18 PM

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Anime pics are cuter and less boring IMO.

Why look at me when you can look at a cute picture of some anime character.

MobPsycho1OO said:
I also value my privacy.


^^^ That too.
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Jul 20, 2016 6:48 PM

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because i'm an ugly motherfucker so i like to pretend to be a cute girl

Jul 20, 2016 8:50 PM

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Insecureness...or they just want to look entertaining
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Jul 20, 2016 11:34 PM

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My avatar is enough. Other people just know they can't compete with my swag ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Jul 20, 2016 11:45 PM

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I would leave this site if a lot of people did that. I don't need to see your 3dpd faces. I mean, it's different if you're a really kawaii Japanese girl...
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Jul 21, 2016 2:23 AM

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Personally, I'm not curious about how other people look and I assume they feel the same about me.
Jul 21, 2016 3:53 AM

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Because I don't care about what people here look like so I assume they don't give half a shit about how I look either, this ain't some dating site y'know?
Jul 21, 2016 3:59 AM

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In my life i have to use every day my face, why i have to use here also? it is very tiring...
Jul 21, 2016 8:59 AM

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Because our face is our curse. We don't wanna share curse.
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Jul 21, 2016 9:14 AM
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I'm actually a girl and don't want others to know.
Jul 21, 2016 9:37 AM

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enough people irl are infatuated with me, i don't need a mal fanclub on top of that

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Though I think shit-flinging should also have standards - no personal, no behind the scenes.
Jul 21, 2016 9:47 AM
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Start a show your face topic. If you dare.
Jul 21, 2016 9:49 AM

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I think profile pic of your desired character will tel what you like
Jul 21, 2016 9:51 AM

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Because we are cool that's why






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Jul 21, 2016 9:51 AM

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RedCloud said:
Start a show your face topic. If you dare.


I have to say this sounds like a great way to kill some time on MAL.
Jul 21, 2016 11:40 AM

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there were shit ton of selfie threads on here but they'd end up as a failure every time
Jul 22, 2016 11:54 AM

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Because I don't want random fat NEETs stalking my facebook at 4 am, duh.


Jul 22, 2016 2:48 PM

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Because I don't want creeps like the op looking at me?
Jul 22, 2016 4:23 PM

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This is not a social network..........
Jul 22, 2016 4:24 PM

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I'd use apic of myself if I was a cute anime girl. Alas, I'm 3D and not a cute girl. Just a girl, so no :c
Jul 22, 2016 8:34 PM

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RyanEsau said:
Maybe because everyone doesn't want to be public...

Personally I don't believe in posting online photos, I'm finicky about sharing personal information like my last name and photos. Even if I uploaded to imgur, I'd delete it after whomever I wanted to see it, sees it a/o after x amount of time.

#PrivateLife


^this. Couldn't agree more. That's one of the main reasons why I deleted my FB account a long time ago... I'm on the internet to live my life as an anime fan and probably something you'd consider as a "nerd". I'm the complete opposite IRL, not that I'm acting IRL or in the internet, it is just that I don't want everyone to know what I'm doing in the internet. Same with random people in the internet knowing everything about me IRL...
Jul 22, 2016 8:40 PM

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People love their anonymity, I guess and this being an anime site give an excuse to post pics of anime characters as their profile pictures. Well, that's just a guess on my part. Since, I can't really understand that mentality...
Jul 22, 2016 9:06 PM

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the only people that have a glimpse into my private life are the people i talk to regularly on this site and have me on snapchat lol

Jul 22, 2016 9:46 PM

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I have been wondering that myself. I got a picture of myself on my profile and i like when people do since for some reason i prefer knowing how the person I'm writing with looks like
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