Every so often, I try out little social experiments on sites like MySpace and Facebook. For awhile, my online profile(s) featured a kooky little drawing I'd made, and I continued to consistently update the content with little bits of poetry. While I found the profile picture below to be quite unique and creative, in the interim I received only three friend requests (from musicians) and no messages whatsoever.
Old MySpace Profile Pic
So, the other day, I thought I'd toss things up a bit and post a shot of me from last summer, when I did a couple of photo shoots with nearby Boston photographers:
New MySpace Profile Pic
To my amusement, since I've put up this photo I've received over two dozen friend requests and more than a couple of messages from a combination of interested men, bicurious females, party promoters and sleazy "modeling" agencies.
I think I liked the situation better before... now I just feel like your average MySpace slut. I'll probably be changing my picture soon. Even though the rest of my profile stayed the same, it would seem that, on MySpace at least, your profile pic says it all. And hot chicks reign over actual content, any day of the week.
Come visit me on MySpace, and let me know if you got to the "actual content"!
