[quote=zk][quote=sdduuuude]I’m not on facebook. The whole idea of it seems odd, especially when I can put anything I want online on a web site if I have to.
However, I’m not sure that the implication of “people post pictures of themselves and other people say they look beautiful” is that their self worth is tied up in their appearance.
My thought is this. If someone posts their picture on facebook, nobody is going to say “wow, you look intelligent” or “you look like you have good values.”
Furthermore, would you really expect anyone to post “Wow, you have really let yourself go. Ever hear of a makeover ?”
From a statistical sampling point of view, this is a biased sample, not worth drawing conclusions from.
This isn’t to say that Facebookers aren’t fishing for compliments.[/quote]
Two thoughts: There are plenty of other compliments to give. You’re a giver, you’re sweet, you make me laugh, you care, etc. And you see those occasionally. But add up all non-beauty compliments and they don’t number a tenth of beauty compliments.
Also, you rarely see men get or even give compliments (compared to women). Why is that?[/quote]
There are many compliments to give, but my point is that none of those are prompted by a picture which gives only visual information about the subject.
If I see a photo of someone I don’t know, I might think “nice shirt” or “pretty girl” but never “nice personality” simply because the photo doesn’t prompt anything other than visual thoughts or give me any information that might lead me to a conclusion about anything other than physical appearance.
This is why they don’t number a tenth of beauty compliments.
If someone posted a political essay or tweeted that they had volunteered at a charity today, then received compliments such as “wow, you are pretty” then you’d really be onto something.
