Posting self pics on other sites - Do you?

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I've also had one from magazine article shoot turn up in some companies marketing, that really spun me out when I heard about it, especially considering that I'd never used the product they were advertising.

That's rough, Sam. I'd start using the product immediately and demand royalties!

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When I post photos I like to keep them pretty current. I have older photos that look better than my current ones but I don’t want to misrepresent myself. When I do post an older photo I label it as such.

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I've also had one from magazine article shoot turn up in some companies marketing, that really spun me out when I heard about it, especially considering that I'd never used the product they were advertising.

That's rough, Sam. I'd start using the product immediately and demand royalties!

A few people suggested that, I didn't follow up on it though because the photos were the property of the magazine I suppose, it just would have been nice at least have been asked or told. It was a bit of a fraud though.

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I'm glad you don't "cheat" in your pictures, rmf. Honestly, what is the point of people pics at all if the images don't represent a real body? If people fudge their photos online, I reckon it leads to disappointment when their fans/dates meet them in person. Best to be honest from the get-go! Who wants to be admired for beauty that's only imaginary?

100% ^this. I remember when match.com was still a new thing while I was dating in the late 90's and while I never did it, I had a few friends that used it and I remember my buddy showing up on date with a girl who used profile pic that was at least 10+ years old. I can image how disappointed he must have looked just for the fact that the whole date started on a lie.

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A few people suggested that, I didn't follow up on it though because the photos were the property of the magazine I suppose, it just would have been nice at least have been asked or told. It was a bit of a fraud though.

Agreed. It would have been courteous for them to ask your permission first, or at least let you know they were using your pictures and offer you a complimentary copy of the magazine or something.

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100% ^this. I remember when match.com was still a new thing while I was dating in the late 90's and while I never did it, I had a few friends that used it and I remember my buddy showing up on date with a girl who used profile pic that was at least 10+ years old. I can image how disappointed he must have looked just for the fact that the whole date started on a lie.

Perhaps it is shallow to judge dates on age, weight, etc. However, lying isn't particularly attractive either. If someone says they're 100kg, for instance, and they turn out to be 130kg in the flesh, that suggests they might be in denial about something. (And, yes, the 130kg-pretending-to-be 100kg person is someone I met through a dating site).

I don't have a problem with someone being older or biggish. However, there's a huge difference between being understandably delightfully plump and having a potential medical problem due to size ...

Also, once met a very vain 45-year-old who told everyone he was 30 and had blurry pictures of himself as a 19 year old. Definitely some kind of delusions of youth going on there. Peter Pan syndrome? He looked about 40 in the flesh, and wasn't ugly. Should have been honest.