Tyeee
| | Joined: 7/6/2007
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| | Photos that are not headshots/users facePage 1 of 3 (1, 2, 3) | Is there any point in reporting photos that are not headshots, as per clearly stated requirement that they be so?
I've seen cougars, snow angels, dogs, cats, a woman's torso only (clad in a brassiere), etc. Yes, these are the primary photos, or sometimes the only photo visible.
So assuming someone sees such a non-headshot photo and clicks the link "Report profile if main image doesn't show users face" and then clicks on the subsequent page the button "Report image For not being a current headshot", what happens then?
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 11/27/2007 4:47:25 PM |
"Report image For not being a current headshot", what happens then?
Well let's see, shall we? I will report your profile pic as being non-compliant because you are hiding behind dark sunglasses and ask that they delete the pic and you come back and let us know. | |
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Tyeee
| | Joined: 7/6/2007
Msg: 3 | |
| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 11/27/2007 5:02:23 PM | Geez, they are my prescription glasses not sunglasses. I've worn prescription glasses since age 14 and need to have "photogray" to protect my eyes. I cannot go outdoors without it.
My face is clearly visible in every single photo of my profile and some of my photos have the glasses more transparent.
Have you answered my question? No, you have not. So your contribution to the thread is of no value. | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 11/27/2007 5:30:39 PM |
Have you answered my question? No, you have not. So your contribution to the thread is of no value.
It is not my place to say what will happen. That is Admin's decision. As for the need, then take the pic indoors like I did and you are fine. | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 11/27/2007 6:06:30 PM |
Is there any point in reporting photos that are not headshots, as per clearly stated requirement that they be so?
there is an ultimate point yes - but since there is only one person given the hammer, you just have to bide your time until Mt Olympus get's around to it.
So assuming someone sees such a non-headshot photo and clicks the link "Report profile if main image doesn't show users face" and then clicks on the subsequent page the button "Report image For not being a current headshot", what happens then?
reality is that the report like any report is manually viewed and a decision is rendered at that time depending on severity. Your may lose further pic upload rights to the extreme vapourization of your account for a breach of the Terms of Service/User Agreement
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Tyeee
| | Joined: 7/6/2007
Msg: 6 | |
| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 11/27/2007 6:13:49 PM | trappedonbayst
Thank you for your answer, which answers my question perfectly.
Gosh, we fishes sure don't hope that POF gets sucked into a black hole .
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 11/28/2007 12:07:10 AM | My face is clearly visible in every single photo of my profile and some of my photos have the glasses more transparent.
http://pics.plentyofsite.com/dating/42/PowellRiver_matchmaking_16238854.jpg
^^^ That should be used as a Main Pic.
So assuming someone sees such a non-headshot photo and clicks the link "Report profile if main image doesn't show users face" and then clicks on the subsequent page the button "Report image For not being a current headshot", what happens then?
 | Image is looked at by Admin & Co. either left in place, deleted, or deleted and your Upload Privileges revoked. |
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Tyeee
| | Joined: 7/6/2007
Msg: 8 | |
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Tyeee
| | Joined: 7/6/2007
Msg: 10 | |
| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 11/28/2007 5:14:09 PM | Thanks for your kind comment karenmrj
I've removed the photo that was the source of complaint and have put up a totally new one, with glasses only slightly darkened.
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grog27
| | Joined: 2/25/2005
Msg: 11 | |
| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 2/23/2008 8:39:56 AM | | I've seen far too many profiles where, while the main photo does indeed show the user's face, the photo is taken from such a distance that the user's face takes up about one pixel!!!?! Not terribly helpful!! | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 2/23/2008 3:23:17 PM | Just been doing the rate new pics... and never again!!! In the space of 5 mins, had to press delete for 17 male organs shall we say, ... Although, i do think that they were cheating with the zoom function on the cameras | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 2/23/2008 3:24:28 PM | | I've seen far too many profiles where, while the main photo does indeed show the user's face, the photo is taken from such a distance that the user's face takes up about one pixel!!!?! Not terribly helpful!! |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 2/23/2008 3:31:45 PM | In the space of 5 mins, had to press delete for 17 male organs shall we say
you sure you didn't hit the back page 17 times 
I've seen far too many profiles where, while the main photo does indeed show the user's face, the photo is taken from such a distance that the user's face takes up about one pixel!!!?! report it all the same.
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 2/23/2008 3:33:28 PM |
you sure you didn't hit the back page 17 times
Oh they were not that special to have another look... more like a budgies to be honest... had to delete them to save all the poor people dying from laughter when they got to see them | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 6/15/2008 4:27:53 PM | | Users should be able to use whatever they want as their profile pictures (as long as it's not explicit and/or copyrighted). Why should people (who may have good reasons for not wanting to be judged by their looks) be banned from using a picture of a butterfly or a tire-iron or anything else that they feel expresses their personality. Obviously when getting to know someone the person may be asked to offer a genuine head and/or body shot at which point he/she can decide how to respond, but when it comes to browsing wouldn't be nicer to see pictures of something rather than nothing? Those who use head shots will invariably get the majority of the interest/mail, so why discriminate in this fashion? I have never understood this POF policy, it seems so pointless and authoritarian. | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 6/15/2008 4:43:20 PM | Why should people (who may have good reasons for not wanting to be judged by their looks) be banned from using a picture of a butterfly or a tire-iron or anything else that they feel expresses their personality.
Because this site would turn into a joke site and it would make their MUST HAVE A PIC TO CONTACT THIS USER filter useless.
People have that filter enabled because they want to cut down on the odds of some fat slob contacting them, somebody who is married or somebody up to no good contacting them. Those types usually don't want to publically show themselves. | |
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Mayor
| | Joined: 1/2/2006
Msg: 19 | |
| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 6/15/2008 5:03:24 PM |
because they want to cut down on the odds of somebody who is married or somebody up to no good contacting them
no it cuts down on people that have no picture in thier profiles, nothing more | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 6/15/2008 5:33:21 PM | http://forums.plentyoffish.com/datingPosts9116125.aspx#9116445
Read message 3 by a MODERATOR.
If you don't have a public pic, you have something to hide. You may be married or somebody up to no good or you have no confidence in the way you look or you are embarrassed that somebody you know will see you on an internet dating site BUT you do have something to hide.
I am not buying the I DON"T HAVE A CAMERA excuse. | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 6/15/2008 5:42:36 PM | ^^^^
actually thats not how i read it at all
i do not see the moderator claiming that it means you have something to hide
to quote the MODERATOR he says...
A Photo that is publically posted has a higher Legit Factor than a hidden one you supply by E-Mail.
that is radically different from claiming everyone not posting a pic has something to hide
frankly, i dont think anyone but the owner a profile would know the true intent of why someone select to or not to post a pic BUT I do agree with the ACTUAL MODERATOR statement that a pic does have a higher legit factor. | |
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Mayor
| | Joined: 1/2/2006
Msg: 22 | |
| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 6/15/2008 6:45:24 PM |
frankly, i dont think anyone but the owner a profile would know the true intent of why someone select to or not to post a pic
funny that me either, but they do
A Photo that is publically posted has a higher Legit Factor than a hidden one you supply by E-Mail.
i also agree,, funny probably the same group of people as well ..whoops that would be assuming my mistake | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 6/15/2008 6:48:28 PM | | It simply expresses a Possibility. No Pic doesn't mean the User is not legit, it does however provide an easy Avenue for Fake Profiles |
to runs their Scams. In my Estimation better than 50% of those who do not have Pics are not who they say they are. The Reputation of any Dating Site is seriously impaired and its Confidence broken where Fakes are not ruthlessly rooted out, and this Importance supersedes Mr. & Mrs. Celebrity's Right to exercise Anonymity. |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 6/15/2008 8:15:05 PM | You imply that your preference for head shots is reliant on the degree of honour you place on those who would identify themselves in that manner. But I have questions about your assumptions.
Firstly, I wonder if people who show their faces in their profiles are any more likely to be honest about themselves than those who don't--I don't necessarily agree with the correlation. For instance, why can't someone fake a profile just as easily with a head shot? If I was so inclined I could find some completely random face off the Internet to substitute for mine. It might take about two more seconds of effort, but if I were dead set on messing with people I'd probably invest the time. On the other hand, what if I were a beautiful but lonely woman who refused to offer my picture lest I be besieged by a legion of Internet creeps? What if I simply wanted to be liked for my mind and my ideas before I'm liked for the way I look? Why would you assume that those without profile pictures to be more villainous in general than those who provide them? I don't understand your logic.
Secondly, any user is free to ask any other user for a head shot at anytime, the person who refuses can be permanently eliminated, and probably even flagged, by the person who asked for it; what does it matter what the lead image is in that context?
Finally, I think that by denying people the ability to use an image of their choice for their profile you limit a user's way to express their personality. In fact allowing such a liberty might provide a very powerful way for people to get a sense of one another. Maybe someone's interest is tweaked by an image of a pagoda or a photograph of a setting sun... | |
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| Photos that are not headshots/users face
Posted: 6/15/2008 8:42:09 PM | As stated by the mods here many times, people are here mostly for dating. They're looking to date a PERSON, not an object or symbol that represents them. Any fakes are reported and the accounts are deleted so taking a picture off the internet may seem like a great idea but all fakes get found out eventually.
You can express your personality in your "about me" section of your profile. Your profile picture is expected and regulated that it must be of you. There used to be more leniency in profile pictures ages ago and it was nothing but a mess of copyrighted images, cartoons, nudity, jokes, animals and exceptionally inappropriate offensive material. By forcing people to have a head shot it nearly eliminates the above mess, particularly the copyright infringement issues. | |
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