When I first opened my Faceobook, I was a first-year in college. I uploaded the baby picture seen on the previous page and the picture on the left of a seashore and rose that I took in Greece. No one commented on either of these pictures. Instead, I remember at the time some of my friends wrote on my wall saying, "Hey. Lets get a real picture." In this way, I was being socialized by other users as to how my pictures were supposed to funciton on Facebook and what would be "appropriate." Apparently, my beautiful rose was not appropriate.

The next picture I uploaded was this one on the left. A friend commented on it that I looked so beautiful. Looking at other pictures, there were more of me "looking so beautiful" as friends continued to comment. They also commented a lot on pictures where I was silly, such as my holding a Starbucks drink and smiling crazily. What made this picture more appropirate than the picture of me as a kid or landscape? Some people might argue that it is because you can see who it is you're looking at. However, this isn't MySpace or a chatroom; the only people looking at my activity are people who know who I am by my name. Instead, I would argue that the picture of that displays people is more important because this sight is about looking at peole. It is FACEbook, after all. In this, pictures such as this one are more appropriate.

This is also more appropriate because it appears spontaneous, in-the-moment, with the angled head, like I just looked over at the camera and the hair over my eyes. In otherwords, this isn't perfect or doctored, making it seem more in-the-moment. I would argue that this are more appropriate in general. Which is why, as we will see later, profile pictures are often taken in places not usually considered photo-op locations, such as in the car or bathroom.

This picture also shows that personality is important in peope pictures. My friends tended to like the pictures where I appeared beautiful, which is more than looks, but also a sweet smile and head posture, etc. They also liked pictures where I seemed silly, these got a lot of comments. Because of this, I concluded from these pictures that appropriate pictures appear spontaneous, display personality, and include people.