The 20 Something Year Old Entrepreneur

I recently came across an article on Yahoo!, Posting Pics Online?  What Your Photos Say About You, which claims that “Those photos you post on Facebook could paint an accurate picture of your personality, new research on first impressions suggests  And perhaps as expected, the more candid a shot the more nuances of your personality show through…The appearance one portrays in his or her photographs has important implications for their professional and social life.”

While I am not surprised of the findings, I somewhat disagree with the fact that your photos can truly depict who you are.  There will be a lot of people who have “no shame” and will post or tag candid photos of themselves and their friends.  But there are other who are conscious about their personal brand and create a persona to portray an image that they desire.

I have a friend who “un-tags” himself in photos and asked us not to tag him in any photos because he is very conscious about his image and I don’t blame him.  Scott Monty said, “What happens in Vegas stays on Google,” referring to an image of college student doing a keg stand.  The implications Scott Monty made was if an employer did a Google search on you, and saw this picture they probably wouldn’t hire you.

I know we all want to have thousands of friends on Facebook because we all want to be seen as popular and posting candid photos of yourself may increase the likelihood of people “friending” you.  But we’re all going to reach that age where we will be conscious of our self image and the things we post.  When that happens the photos you post may not tell your whole story.  It’ll only portray the person you project.