I did not give this any thought at all. I wanted to have authentic discussions with people about all kinds of things. I am not looking for a significant other as I am already Married to the love of my life. She is sick and has problems getting out so I have stopped going out for social events and stay home figuring it is more important to spend the time we have together, is that not why we got together. I have shared some very personal information on this site and do not think it would be used against me by someone outside the group. Perhaps I am naive, but that was the manner in which I approached this site. I figured one gets back what one puts into.

Yes! If one shops for a partner , one's face should not matter unless that is the narrow focus of one's shopping criteria. If one is shopping for a partner, perhaps ones character, interests, political views might carry more pertinence than one's face. This seems to be somewhat immature or a superficial manner of choosing someone to interact with. There is NO picture of me on the web that I am aware of. My appearance seems to attract flies. =0}

Facial recognition, photo theft, safety reasons, ETC. I read @ponderingatheist profile months back that stated (since changed) how they had Mr. Yuck as their profile pic because they wanted others to visit/interact with their profile based on their character. That is why I changed mine to the FFRF Freethought Badge.

Yes, in the age of facial recognition soft-wear it could actually be quite dangerous. You would only need your image to be somewhere else on the web, with your name and or location, and you could be traced quite easily by a hacker, stalker or worse.

Socializing is about more than looks. Sometimes, what you say is more important than what beauty you inherited.

As someone who dealt with a very dedicated STALKER for several years...I'm pretty careful on social media. Names, faces....too easy to find.

Strictly a social website, you mean? Because it's hard to keep it from places like work or volunteer websites, or LinkedIn and such. But I'm definitely cautious and use whatever security measures are available.

Very much so. Especially if you are sharing personal things and it is available to more than just a specific friend group. I was veru uncomfortable putting my face on here and have considered taking it back down.

Once you've placed your likeness on the web, anyone can commandeer it and use it for any purpose. Very risky, particularly for women.