Photo filters

[fG****]

Same reason ***s get pierced/tattooed nowadays, they want to fit in and belong to lookalike crowds so couple dudes can milk their parents $$
In short, Industry of cool 😎

Simple Remedy => take risks, touch ur lowpoint, don't die, get back up, do what you like and tell every hater to *** off (actually let them spit). Then tell your close filtered fellas ur story

[it****]

It can be fun and there is nothing wrong with taking flattering pictures of yourself but there seems to be a line somewhere that traverses over “fun and flattering” into cat fishing

[Sa****]

I think some filters are ok, but natural photos are much better.... So using filters on all photos on a profile is semi-decieving

[Deleted Member]

I don't personally use filters, but I think that people forget that if you don't have a preference for it, you don't have to date those people.

I'm finding there are too many men specifically who feel like they are entitled to control what women do and how they conduct themselves, with make up, clothes, filters, instead of controlling and sticking to their own boundaries about not dating those types of people instead.

I don't like men who have car pictures, but I'm not out here telling men that their car pictures are just ego boosts for likes and matches, or that they are too insecure, but at the end of the day, that is their business, and my boundaries are mine.

So why are so many men who don't LIKE filters answering these questions? This isn't about your boundaries, and frankly, nobody asked whether you like it or not.

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I use cute artistic filters sometimes because it is CUTE and people who know me in real life think it's cute, so we can take little group selfies with hearts on our cheeks and shit. It's fun to be able to edit photos without any effort and add little stickers and artistic filters and b/w and cool stuff like that, and THAT is my answer to the question.

[As****]

Because I'm insecure....obviously!

[Ro****]

Dude's use filters? 🤔

[g3****]

Why do bald men wear tou***s

[wp****]

I hate them and even make up I prefer the nature look without all of that

[La****]

4 hours ago, Ash_88 said:

Because I'm insecure....obviously!

Whom ever did that to you should be ashamed, and publically shamed

[po****]

6 hours ago, tiredhippiegoth said:

I don't personally use filters, but I think that people forget that if you don't have a preference for it, you don't have to date those people.

I'm finding there are too many men specifically who feel like they are entitled to control what women do and how they conduct themselves, with make up, clothes, filters, instead of controlling and sticking to their own boundaries about not dating those types of people instead.

I don't like men who have car pictures, but I'm not out here telling men that their car pictures are just ego boosts for likes and matches, or that they are too insecure, but at the end of the day, that is their business, and my boundaries are mine.

So why are so many men who don't LIKE filters answering these questions? This isn't about your boundaries, and frankly, nobody asked whether you like it or not.

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I use cute artistic filters sometimes because it is CUTE and people who know me in real life think it's cute, so we can take little group selfies with hearts on our cheeks and shit. It's fun to be able to edit photos without any effort and add little stickers and artistic filters and b/w and cool stuff like that, and THAT is my answer to the question.

YEEP YEEP!

[th****]

Insecurity i should think

[an****]

i like them because they do my makeup without me actually having to put on makeup...which i usually do as im sp**ding down the road, late as usual, because my anxiety battled me to even leave the house in the first place. im coming out of a marriage to a psychopath and im still a total f*cking mess so im doing the best i can in the aftermath of a tornado that literally is still trying to destroy my very existence.

[et****]

From my personal reasoning for using filters, I’d say to meet the standards of the online community, it’s a shame we feel a need to do so, in my situation I feel my jaw is lop sided, my nose is deviated and my teeth are chipped so I hide behind my phones ability to hide those insecurities, online I’m living my best life, irl I’m smashing up mirrors in sorrow

[As****]

It’s insecurity, and no it doesn’t make sense because you cannot wear the filter irl lol For me it kind of implies that they truly have no intention of ever meeting up because then the fantasy is blown.

I will say there is a lot of pressure (likely self applied) on men and women to appear like a sex doll/dream/fantasy and when you see that everyone else is using the filters then for most people it snowballs into “following the crowd”, but do you WANT someone like that? Or would you rather have an authentic experience with someone who is comfortable being completely real and raw? If you are constantly drawn to people putting on fronts, then ask what that says about you more than what it says about them.

Maybe your goal should be to find those who do not use filters or wear heavy makeup. Something to think about.

[Ge****]

Short version, it's overused and used most often in the wrong way. I get the ones that have the being a pet and trying to portray that, not my place to agree. Simply just put in your bio that you roleplay or identify as one. Just every single Pic they have is that filter.
Then there's the ones that have horrible lighting.
As someone mentioned , it is mostly insecurities as well as maybe self esteem just like the ones where a womanis stickingout her tongue for a selfie, it helps them feel a little more comfortabletaling that pic.
It doesn't attract me at all and I most often pass on those profiles because the self esteem issues, or they've too much to hide.
At the end of the day, if they really truly do meet up with you, the truth or going to be evident.
Some may not admit it, but deep down, instinctively, we have a fundamental attraction to physical beauty or attributes that draws us initially before we actually begin to get to know the person behind a filter.

[Fa****]

Thank you @AshenFlame! It's exactly what I was referring to in my previous posting! Technology with these high filter advancements are just heavily redundant and unnecessary!

[Ki****]

If someone has a problem with filters / not showing face / discretion etc or in the year of 2025 has not realized selfies are always distorded bc lense is so close to the face and people look different when you see them IRL normal distance then that is not a person I am interested in. (Funny enough my current pfp was taken with a physical filter - sheer cloth over canera - and an exposure mishap not a phone filter! But it looks like a phone filter foesn't it! )

[Sm****]

11 hours ago, KiraSecura said:

If someone has a problem with filters / not showing face / discretion etc or in the year of 2025 has not realized selfies are always distorded bc lense is so close to the face and people look different when you see them IRL normal distance then that is not a person I am interested in. (Funny enough my current pfp was taken with a physical filter - sheer cloth over canera - and an exposure mishap not a phone filter! But it looks like a phone filter foesn't it! )

I agree with the filter portion, however the not showing face / discretion on a profile pic is a real issue for some people. Jobs are a real thing and some lines of business do not take personal life liberties very well. No one in those fields really wants to be the next "we found out your part of _____ so we can't have you working for us anymore due to the image that ***ts" It sucks and i hate the culture around that but it is the reality.
I know i have my face covered in my profile pic for that exact reason but i'm not opposed to sharing my private photos or giving a facial picture if asked for.

[Ba****]

For me I have a mix of both. I like how I look with some filters but have no desire to mislead anyone about who I am.

[Ja****]

We live in a world of cruelty and even if some one is a natural 10 people will go out of their way to make them feel like a 3 if they can. I think it's a mixture of exerting control over someone's emotional state for the power trip and weak jealousy at play honestly. Now if u ask someone and they watch too much 🌽 and therefore do not have realistic standards and get ur feelings hurt bc they were unkind that is another issue entirely. Honestly if people were not such prudent bores and were more free with their sexuality and 🌽 wouldn't be so popular. I think sexual freedom and the desire to enjoy that faucet of existence would free up a lot of expectations. Bc instead of all the implants, fillers, tucks, and whatnot. I think people would care more about how they treat their bodies and have more respect and open mindedness for the bodies of others. But that's just me. Im not saying that people shouldn't have standards or that they should just go wild. But if people were more open minded and cared more about themselves, it would go a long way to get rid of the need of all these filters and fake pics u see online

[Ki****]

You see more variety of people and bodies shown as desirable in indie 🌽 than any other media. But back to topic of filters - you really can not fathom other people having fun or being creative with their pics and try to turn it into insecurity? You are boring me.

[Ge****]

It's one thing to use a couple of filtered pictures, but the point is that some use them for every picture they upload and then wonder why it is when they meet face to face with someone, that other person decides they're not interested anymore.

[yo****]

Believe it or not man do not like filters embrace your beauty you’re not your beauty FYI, make up is cool but not needed🔥 thank you all for the comments

[meggylicious]

Because of the societal beauty standards for women and the way women are treated based on how they look, good or bad.

[Ja****]

If the filtered pics were posted as an artistic expression I would agree but they are indeed posted as direct representation. I wasn't being cruel but im not so delusional that I won't acknowledge thw insecurities of others and therefore acknowledge the cruelty of the internet. And ur high horse attitude feeds my point. Sorry man I didn't mean for my comment to make a soap box of your post. Hope everyone else was more helpful