While both men and women say they dislike selfies on dating profiles, male selfies are especially disliked, as women say a male selfie can come across overly-intimate (read: stranger danger) while also lacking positive information about the man’s personality or lifestyle. Negative connotations affect selfies taken alone in bedrooms, bathrooms, or cars most of all- as opposed to selfies taken at events or while on adventures.
arrogance, vanity, self-absorption, superficiality). See, many people view selfies unkindly because they associate unfortunate traits with people who take them (e.g. Mirror selfies typically have less camera distortion but still carry all the negative connotations that all selfies have. For this point, though, I’ll also include mirror selfies - which are slightly different because your camera is facing out, at a mirror. So far, when I’ve said “selfie,” I’ve been referring to pointing your phone at yourself with an outstretched arm. What’s more is that twisting your arm whatever way necessary to take the picture can limit your ability to pose your body in a flattering way. Now, if selfie distortion warps the face, you can be sure it warps the body as well - making the upper body appear larger, or smaller, or misshapen. This subtle fisheye effect is why people can often sense that a picture is a selfie even when they can’t see the person’s arm in the shot. See here: As illustrated by the Koldunov Brothers If you take a picture too close, the feature closest to the camera (nose, chin, etc.) appears super-sized and the sides of the face cave in. Turns out, in order to capture your face as it actually is, pictures need to be taken from farther away than your own arm can reach. The problem? The client’s nose is fine what they’re looking at on their phone isn’t real - it’s selfie distortion. Plastic surgeons have been dealing with a recent influx of clients bringing in their selfies as proof of a “big nose” or “high forehead,” etc. Selfie distortion warps your face “Selfies make our noses look 30 percent larger than they really are, plastic surgeons warn.” – Vox Here are some reasons why (plus what you can do about it). I’m here to tell you that selfies are screwing up your look. Are you getting the “Would prefer if it didn’t seem like a selfie” Quick Note on Photofeeler? Or maybe your photos just aren’t scoring well in general, and you’d like to learn a fix?
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