X says:
Wed, 6th May 200911:41 am 

I don't know about your friends list, but mine is full of people who insist on having a random assortment of profile pictures that never once include a photo of themselves.. but it's totally acceptable to have Chewbacca, a random with 389472 piercings on their face or a FAILZ drawing. Sadly, this greatly annoys me.

Annie says:
Wed, 6th May 20092:00 pm 

Right now, I'm a happy couple picture since we just had prom. XD We aren't kissing, though. Just looking spiffy for the camera.

NotChris Hansen says:
Wed, 6th May 20092:26 pm 

Hmm she may be saying Look at Me! but who cares? I'd like to give her my own award. go Crescent Heights!

Matt says:
Wed, 6th May 20095:23 pm 

Yea, currently my pic is one from the blog 'Sexy People (http://www.sexypeople-blog.com/)' that has a striking resemblance to me.

Ashley says:
Wed, 6th May 20095:34 pm 

I currently have the accomplishment one; me with Fall Out Boy, lol… I don't even like them like that!

Casey says:
Wed, 6th May 20096:13 pm 

HaHa! This is so true! Except I agree with X, Half of my friends list consists of random pictures that they aren't in. I'm always like Ummm, who is this person that has a picture of a teddy bear as their profile picture!? But currently I have the Flattering/pretty picture which I think was number 48 of 76. lol

Candie says:
Wed, 6th May 20097:13 pm 

I'm guilty of the Happy Couple photo at the moment *cringe*

enderfish says:
Wed, 6th May 20098:40 pm 

Funny enough my facebook pic is of me painted like a clown when I was like 8

Abyssal says:
Thu, 7th May 20094:35 am 

Spot on, Lauren!

Martin says:
Thu, 7th May 20096:46 am 

Nice post. The style that amuses me most on the likes of Facebook is when the user has attempted the flattering / pretty version but somehow it didn't quite turn out right and it is not flattering or pretty!

Richard says:
Thu, 7th May 20097:05 am 

Yep… you've got that about right.

Nice article

eddiebenio says:
Thu, 7th May 20099:03 am 

soo true!

shardaws says:
Thu, 7th May 20099:09 am 

Oh yes! totally on the button!

Ducker says:
Thu, 7th May 20099:33 am 

Yep..have each type of those photos, not on facebook though, im still on hi5, facebook is too much BS so I quit

The Closer says:
Thu, 7th May 200910:30 am 

And #7 – "OMG my employer is going to see this" – remeber to look good even when you end up as an extra in the The Office:

http://iloveclosing.com/2009/05/03/fashion-disast…

Cheers

TC

Mike Tamillow says:
Thu, 7th May 20098:10 pm 

Not only do I have to assume that you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about (because I don't think I've ever concerned myself with my facebook photo, I simply put up a picture that I find interesting to me, right now it's a statue of niccolo machiavelli) I also have to assume that you hate the world. Not one of those examples did you talk of as if they had redeeming qualities and should perhaps be pursued. You simply showed disgust and contempt for each of the facebook profile pictures that you assume are the only ones. The best type of cynicism is matched with wit. Work on that.

shanshanigans says:
Fri, 8th May 20098:55 am 

First, I agree with the first comment, there could definitely be a seventh point! I know many people who use cartoons and other images that do not picture them but they wish to be associated with. These pictures tend to communicate 1) I hate being photographed and don't think I ever look good in pictures 2) this picture has some sort of funny/interesting resemblance or connection to me and 3) this is my favorite movie/character/person-I-wish-I-was-like.

Second, to address Mike's comment above… please, being able to make fun of your friends, and yourself, does not mean that you hate the world. Learn to laugh at the world, you can *probably* fit almost every one of your friend's profile pictures into one of these categories, and your own picture (which seems like it would fit best into the seventh category I mentioned). I had a good laugh at myself, my own pictures usually fall into the flattering and artsy categories!

http://shanshanigans.wordpress.com/

homelessgirl says:
Fri, 8th May 20099:04 am 

so true

K - GW says:
Fri, 8th May 200911:51 am 

hahahahah i loved this

Jordan says:
Sat, 9th May 20098:40 am 

The 6 Most Common Facebook Photos were a lot more enjoyable to read than any of the random "5 things…" that have infected my Facebook friends and spread like H1N1 flu on steroids.

kuracz says:
Sat, 9th May 20093:23 pm 

You've made point in this! It's certainly true.

arib says:
Sun, 10th May 20092:59 am 

Although in # 2, you're more likely cropping out everyone who looks better than you…

theoates says:
Sun, 10th May 20098:58 pm 

It's funny to realize that after I read this I've started to notice these! hahaha

sauer kraut says:
Mon, 11th May 20096:11 am 

interesting observation but, yes, you do need to start with the 24-step facebook recovery program.

zunedita373 says:
Mon, 11th May 200912:21 pm 

I know one type you forgot! All the girls in my high school class are posting photos where they're holding up their babies. As if to say, Look! I got mine!

Grady says:
Mon, 11th May 20091:25 pm 

Oh, but don't forget the "Look at how silly/funny I am!" picture, haha. I have a fair share of friends (and sometimes myself included) who are huge fans of that one!

medusah says:
Mon, 11th May 20097:13 pm 

erm… so where does a picture of a rice cooker falls under?

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=…

asobov5 says:
Tue, 12th May 20093:46 pm 

haha ! this article is hilarious, and very true . i especially love the “i’m so artsy that i don’t think about facebook but went to the beach to play guitar and now it’s my default .” You couldn’t have captured that any better!

And I agree with the 7th topic of having profile pictures that aren’t of the person . Oh , and I’ve also been seeing lots of baby defaults recently .. maybe category #8 ?

Celina says:
Tue, 12th May 20094:35 pm 

mine is the cropped one! i hate the ones with more than one person and theyre all little and you cant find the actual person whose profile it is grrr

Sarah says:
Fri, 15th May 20097:38 am 

I'm a #6…damn. It's just mi novio y yo dancing and having an awesomely fun time.

I think there should be an extra category to the aforementioned 7 (#7 being the random pictures of stuff that don't include the actual person): #8- What I looked like when I was a kid. I have so many friends who post their old photos from when they were little and they're so funny! My favorite was a picture of my friend dressed as a clown for her 3rd birthday.

>_<

bea says:
Sun, 17th May 20092:27 pm 

you forgot two of them! the msn webcam printscreens and the distorted picture taken from a macbook in an apple store those pictures with characters and descriptions with them (like reliable friend, lazy, hungry, maneater etc) and then you tag which friend matches which description are a big trend right now ahaha. but i follow none of these rules at the moment. i have a picture of leighton meester that says "TEAM BLAIR" LOL

rewindtoforward says:
Sun, 17th May 20096:04 pm 

Bahaha, I have the no.1 right now. I’ve had no.2 and 5 too haha.

Dom says:
Tue, 2nd Jun 20096:14 pm 

My profile photo is me looking startled while wearing a mustache made out of duct tape and wearing a cape. It's been up for two years so far. I love it! (and I'm a lady. I'm pretty cute, but my pic doesn't show it. I just like how goofy I look and I think it explains me at a glance!)

tiffaneydanielle says:
Mon, 8th Jun 20093:22 am 

LOL iiM THE CUTE PHOTO!!

ling says:
Fri, 12th Jun 20092:37 am 

TOTALLY AGREE ehehehheeheh

vanessa hugensen says:
Sat, 13th Jun 20098:29 pm 

I loved the

Flattering/Pretty picture

with love,

Vanessa h

drewaustin says:
Mon, 22nd Jun 200912:07 pm 

very funny and true, the accomplishment photos are great but its even better when that person takes that photo down when no one cares at all. You guys ever notice how ridiculous some of the fan pages on facebook are too? So weird look at this.. http://www.precioustimeny.com/blog/?p=928” rel=”nofollow”>.http://www.precioustimeny.com/blog/?p=928

Marketing_Secret_Sau says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20098:10 am 

No, person stabbing another in the face photo?

annie says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20098:57 am 

You forgot #7 – the "Camera Angled From Above to Look Down Into My Cleavage" photo, that I see so often.

Liz says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20096:09 pm 

I'm probably so guilty of #1, but at least I show my face! Unlike so many guys who only want to show their six-pack abs. If it's them great, now show your face, if it's not, nice try! There's also the "lost in the shadows" photos of girls, which only looks like their hiding something.

bob says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20096:45 pm 

Im writing a post called

"The Typical Stupid facebook profile picture blog article"

zulkefly says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20097:03 pm 

its just the way people want to advertise themselves. hwy bob your article seems to be interesting. where can i find it

Zimmer says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20097:19 pm 

My photo has me holding a snake I caught in the woods.

alternapop.com says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20097:45 pm 

the cheesy peace sign with pouty lips pose, ala miley cyrus. they should be outlawed.

dave says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20098:43 pm 

what about the ultra-douchey…."i need to take a picture in the mirror, because there isn't enough pictures where you can obviously see i care way too much about a damn facebook picture"

steve says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20099:22 pm 

You forgot the "holding my spawn (children) up like a trophy" photo

Lutza says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20099:26 pm 

Great! Another condescending idiot writing an article. I am glad your puny fucking blob of mass you call brain was enough to help you categorize profile pictures…maybe if you try harder you won't come off like such a fucking tool. There's nothing wrong with any type of picturs, the whole point of the profile is that you are making available information about yourself. So some people post an artsy picture of themselves, some post a picture taken when they were having a really good time…so fucking what? Get a life you nachos flab loser.

Jesus Christo says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20099:31 pm 

this blog is more useless than my neutered dog's libido.

Ohman says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20099:49 pm 

@Lutza:

It's just some fun, you don't need to take it seriously. Perhaps you were genuinely offended by this article? I wouldn't really call this condescending so much as observational. She's not really scathing in any of the descriptions of the pictures.

Reverend says:
Sat, 18th Jul 20099:52 pm 

What about the millions of users who have a pic of their baby as their profile pic?

Mike says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20094:18 am 

What about the kids photo? Or the family photo? This is the worst article ever, and doesn't come close to the truth. The number one facebook picture has to be the person's kids, plain and simple.

Jamie says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20095:20 am 

I don't wish to be an arse….but, there are FAR more than 38 million facebook users. Try 250Million+.

asdf says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20095:27 am 

The most common profile photo is one where the subject is holding a camera. Because apparently, wannabe photographers are "in" these days.

Kush says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20096:34 am 

You definitely forgot the most common one, the club one

Jackie says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20096:51 am 

Haha, mine is #7 I think… "look at my kid(s), they are such much funnier and cuter than yours."

:0) jk.

Brian Nissen says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20097:10 am 

You forgot about the picture of their pet, or an animal or a cartoon. cheers mate

Gary Glitter says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20097:46 am 

Lol people dont use Facebook anymore.

Idiots

Sean says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20099:06 am 

There's also the myspace Tom photo.Sean

Sean says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20099:08 am 

And not to mention the half naked shot, which is so myspace.Sean

Jo says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20099:26 am 

Awesome observation….I currently have the first one – The flattering/pretty one (atleast I think so) and I have tried all of the 6 at some point….

Eleanor says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20099:36 am 

I think my ex is in the picture for number 4.

joey says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20099:55 am 

this is retarded. Someone holds up a medal after wining something and someone snaps a picture, suddenly they are lame. Someone plays guitar on the beach/plays flip cup/wants to have a nice smile in a photo and they are all also lame for not being "themselves". you guys suck.

Tasha says:
Sun, 19th Jul 200911:16 am 

Dear Lauren,

Imagine my surprise when directed by my friends to this blog, that a photo of me is plastered on your blog. I am number 5 and I Quite surprised indeed, my first thought, is where did you find it? I thought it was stored safely on my grandparents memory card. ahh but yes my grandparents have a flickr site, but i do believe all their images are marked with copyright, and therefore all rights reserved. I'm assuming you didn't ask them permission to use it, because they sure didn't tell me. Although I understand the vastness of the net, I don't feel all that cool with finding random photos of me on random blogs. So perhaps you will kindly take it down and replace it with another? Or perhaps send me a photo of you so I can post it on my blog.

Thank you

Tasha

Bob says:
Sun, 19th Jul 200911:39 am 

Tasha^ is owning…

umass2ucr says:
Sun, 19th Jul 200911:48 am 

what about all the thirtysomethings that post pics of their kids?

Orionsaint says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20091:14 pm 

They forgot the, i wear a hat and sunglasses and look down, don't really wanna show my face, hiding in the shadows.

MANDY says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20091:14 pm 

CollegeCandy.com? More like HighSchoolCandy. Poorly-written, uninteresting, cliche article #54691 about pictures of internet people to ironically be posted on the internet for those new to life. Obviously not by a psychology or sociology major, as this is 101 discussion fodder.

Jo Kizzle says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20093:13 pm 

Sounds like someone is envious of a life full of these topics that they seemed to have ran over with a car [metaphorically speaking].

woman84 says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20093:26 pm 

Lauren (author of this article),

You seem very misogynist. I noticed you mainly attacked women on every photo analysis. Did it ever occur to you that sometimes the photo choice just ain't that deep. It could be something as simple as "I look good in this pic so I am putting it up"

or "I had a good time friday so I am putting it up to share with friends"

You put way too much thought into this.

Isabella says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20094:52 pm 

This was great, fun article! Maybe the complainers see themselves in your article and can't laugh at themselves – pity.

MrsJones says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20095:42 pm 

WOW…great discovery! I am definitely a picaholic when it comes to profile pictures, plus I use certain pictures for certain social networks (FB/ MYSP/DIGG/TWIT etc). I have to add though that facebook pics aren't as raunchy as myspace…you would have to add the "I wish I was a stripper/porn star pic! …lol

amy says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20098:26 pm 

My picture is of a disgusting, gigantic slug. Which category does that fit into?

Elena says:
Sun, 19th Jul 200911:45 pm 

You forgot the pictures of their children/babies.

christine says:
Mon, 20th Jul 20094:01 am 

yeah!your right but sometimes i really hate it very very much.

but got to accept it coz i can change myseil cringe!

spam mail says:
Mon, 20th Jul 20094:54 am 

you're missing the here's my reflection in the mirror with cellphone picture.

QiQo says:
Mon, 20th Jul 20098:47 am 

And what about travel photo?

Type of look at me photo, I'm travelling a lot, I'm so active and I live my life.

jen says:
Mon, 20th Jul 20098:42 pm 

i see a lot of the "look at how many friends i have" group photo with all of said person's closest ten friends they met a week ago..

Demi says:
Tue, 21st Jul 20097:18 am 

Perhaps you aren't yet old enough to see this, but you missed one other very, very common picture type:

Pictures of their child/children in place of themselves.

It is an irritating habit of parents on facebook.

Benji Madden says:
Tue, 21st Jul 20097:52 am 

This article sucks. It could have been:

1) a lot more funny

2) actually true

shari says:
Tue, 21st Jul 200912:07 pm 

what about the logo/event flyer for whatever sorority/fraternity//oraganization that the person is in… i have a bunch of friends with those

nesoman says:
Fri, 24th Jul 20095:04 am 

true, true

Erik Giberti says:
Fri, 24th Jul 200912:30 pm 

Seems like a post I read a while ago… http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/03/facebook-photo…

Nick says:
Fri, 24th Jul 200912:51 pm 

you forgot the self portrait in the mirror with the flash on XD

Viktor says:
Sat, 1st Aug 20097:29 am 

What is Facebook?

HP says:
Fri, 14th Aug 200910:08 am 

As a thirty-something I will tell you that there is a seventh category of profile picture: the user's kid(s) with no sign of the actual user. When ever I see this I'm like, did you lose all sense of personal identity when you had a child? Do you think that your friends are so fascinated by your children that they don't even care about what you look like?

Brad Wellen says:
Mon, 17th Aug 20094:02 am 

Is our generation becoming too soft and dependent on technology? See an exclusive report on Generation Text at precioustimeny.com/blog/?p=3635

Anthony says:
Wed, 19th Aug 200910:04 am 

Is it in "bad taste" to post pictures (In Memoory) of friends/family who have passed away?

Anthony says:
Wed, 19th Aug 200910:05 am 

Sorry, typo above on my last post, i meant "In Memory"

LoneRanger says:
Tue, 12th Jan 20105:55 am 

hahaha

This is soooo true. Think I fall into one of these categories on facebook as well!!!

~Jamie

I'm a photo editor at http://www.myphotogenie.com/

paul says:
Sun, 21st Mar 201012:49 pm 

Best guide I've found so far as far as facebook pictures

http://pxcphoto.com/blog/?p=3

brandi says:
Tue, 30th Mar 20107:36 pm 

people it was a joke. lighten up.

coolcoolcool says:
Wed, 14th Apr 201010:48 am 

.. B-)

Jessica says:
Thu, 29th Apr 201012:28 pm 

I don't think the 'fandom' pictures that the profile owner is not in are bad, as long as they have some meaning for the person. Like how I have a christian related photo as my profile picture at the moment. And my cousin has a picture of her mom and my aunts, while her mom was sick (its a kinds funny picture). But I do agree, random pics without the profile owner in them, that are VERY random (has little to do with the profile owner, or with what happened in the world around the time the picture is up. After Michael Jackson dies I put a pic of him as my profile pic).

Sooky Stackhouse says:
Wed, 7th Jul 20101:55 am 

You forgot the pet one

Krash says:
Fri, 23rd Jul 20104:41 am 

A couple of people mentioned this: the "I am my baby" photo. Mostly done by young women whose sole identity is wrapped around being a mom. come on ladies, there's more to you than your kids.

Mark-Ethan Holloway says:
Tue, 28th Sep 20101:19 pm 

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Kristen Paiva says:
Thu, 4th Nov 201012:28 pm 

You left out some pretty funny 1s-

1) The "trying 2 hard 2 look sexy" bathroom mirror shot.

2) No pic of you but pics of

a)your car

b)your kids

c)your dog

d)some random pic-scenery, flower, etc.

e)doppelganger photo

3)baby photo

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Tue, 26th Apr 201112:05 am 

What about all those pics of people taking themselves in a cell phone in a bathroom mirror?

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1) The "trying 2 hard 2 look sexy" bathroom mirror shot.

2) No pic of you but pics of a)your car b)your kids c)your dog d)some random pic-scenery, flower, etc.

e)doppelganger photo

3)baby photo

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