We can all agree that at one time or another we have judged a person solely based on his or her Facebook profile picture. Like it or not, in the age of social media, no one is above the prof pic snap judgment. The next time you have to choose a formal date from a list of names your best friend gives you or you’re curious as to who is in this randomized group project, look no further than this Official Profile Picture Judgment Guide. Disclaimer: I may or may not be guilty of quite a few on this list.
- The Group Shot: This says, “I’m fun and have a lot of friends.” But, it begs the question: why are you hiding behind this picture of you and your sorority sisters? Which one are you even?
- The Group Shot (you cropped all of your friends out of): In your defense, you probably looked bad in the one all of your friends looked good in and vice versa, but it still seems a little selfish of you.
- The Hack: Your friends thought they were funny, but this picture got more likes than any of your other profile pictures combined. You had to keep it because you hit triple digits. This shows that you are easygoing and have really funny friends.
- The Throwback Picture: What are you hiding that happened in the ten years since this picture was taken? Although, I have to admit, you were a really cute kid.
- The Philanthropy Advertisement: This is so completely useless for the stalking we are looking to do. Turn your attention to stalking cover photos at this point, but I love pancakes, so we are probably going to be great friends.
- The Philanthropy Advertisement (for the event that happened six weeks Ago): Either you never go on Facebook or this has now become a contest of how long you can keep this picture up for. Maybe you can make it until the pizza dinner next year?
- The Flexing Spring Break Picture: Run away quickly from this profile.
- The Guy with Six Girls Picture: Either he’s really nice, and these are actually his friends, or he’s trying way too hard. Do less either way.
- The Selfie: It’s either in a cool location, funny, or screams get over yourself.
- The Mirror Selfie: This one definitely screams get over yourself loud and clear. This picture is probably accompanied by a very long, philosophical quote of some sort.
- The Senior Picture: Let’s all move on from the posed pictures where you’re sitting on a chair in the middle of a field of overgrown grass or leaning up against a tree, even if you did peak in high school.
- The Creative: Okay, I will admit this is cool. The fact that you used a really nice camera shows, and your use of Photoshop is very graphic design major. I kind of want to be you.
- The Model: Either you are being paid for this picture or you paid for this picture, but I also kind of want to be you too.
- The Sports Picture: Sporty, active, but if you’re wearing any sort of helmet, also super inconvenient. The point of a profile picture is to see your face.
- The Scenic Shot: Standing on a mountain, kayaking in the ocean, you name it, this is a safe, very normal picture that’s guaranteed to have a lot of likes.
- The Guy in Front of his Car: Just like the flexing picture, run from this one.
- The Family Shot: This is a crowd pleaser because everyone loves a family picture. You probably got an obscene amount of likes, and you’re probably pretty normal.
- The Pet Picture: Hopefully, the person is also in the profile picture. If not, run even faster than you did from the car picture.





















