:: In.a.Mirror.Dimly ::

I’ve gotta ask… Do you find that Twitter profile pictures subconsciously influence who you follow?

This afternoon I was looking through my list of recommended folks to follow on Mr. Tweet. Sometimes I passed on people just because their profile pictures were odd, confusing, or perhaps a tad creepy. This is in no way a judgment on anyone, only an observation of my knee-jerk reactions to profile pictures.

Once I stopped looking at the pictures that threw me for a loop, I realized that many of these people were the kind of folks I wanted to follow. In a matter of seconds I had sized up someone because I either can’t make sense of their profile picture or find it immature, or something else. It’s funny how fast we reach these conclusions.

So I’ve been thinking that I need to be more careful about the way I review folks on Twitter, looking at what they tweet, what their interests are, and who they are networking with.

I can’t be the only person who has done this. Can I? Have you noticed similar trends on your own? What is the ideal Twitter profile picture?