My answer would be totally CERTAINLY.
My opinions are all based in the same life. When you meet somebody by the first time the first thing you see is the physical appeareance, only after, you will begin to know the personality, attitudes, behaviors of the person, and you will decide if she/he is appropiate or suitable for you to speak, be friends or whatever! but you must choose if you want to jump to the next stage. How? pretty face, quimical connection, the first view or impression is what stays at the beginning!
In that kind of sites where all people are seeking to learn or improving a language or at least the most of profiles description have said this, the first step, you must take, is practically similar to the first paragraph, because you choose one and other and other by some reason, so what weight has your choice, based in a profile photo? Does it really has influence when you take the final decision to speak with somebody?
Which are your opinions?
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I think, it is not important the profile photo.Here I met some good friends and I did not see their photo.They are very polite,kind,their thoughts are interesting for me.Yes,I would like to see their pics,but it is their choice to put pics here.
Hi! Good question! I think it doesn't matter have or not have photo in your profile. I speak with everyone, because I'm here to learn the language.
I myself don`t have a profile photo and don`t plan to upload one. A couple of people don't even get to see me at all ....
A lot of people will think that I am completely nuts....but I have to say that there are at least as many people who don't care about profile photos. Most of the people want to improve their language skills and it's enough for them to have a nice conversation.
Concerning Skype sessions : I have been doing them for a certain period and I have to say that talking about the "learning factor", it was better to see the faces. It`s so much easier because if something happens (and I haven`t seen a single Skype session without technical problems) to deal with someone face-to-face. It`s also easier if you don`t know what to say. A simple smile can have a huge effect and will motivate you.
A photo or a face-to-face conversation is in the most cases necessary in order to maintain a long language exchange relation, that's true and I wouldn't go so far not to show myself to someone with who I am getting along well.
However, it is at least for me never an aspect which is counting from the beginning.
In principle, I do not care whether you have a profile picture or not (the proof is that I myself don't have one); however, yes, I agree that it's always nicer to know what someone looks like. Most of time is something positive.
I'm not interested in what people look like as long as they are serious about learning, but to be honest, some people pictures have somewhat got me away from sending them a message. As stupid or contradictory as it may sound. Not because they are not good-looking or anything like that, but because they looked kind of superficial, or maybe not trustworthy. I have no idea. Someone I wouldn't get along with in "real life". I'm not expressely here to make friends, but I believe that in order to learn something from each other, you have to like talking to your languages partner. I don't think you can actually learn from someone you wouldn't be friends with or feel sympathy for in real life, if this makes any sense.
And still, I myself don't have a picture. Why? I just don't feel like sharing with everyone out there what I look like and more precisely because don't want to have a specific kind of people contacting me. People who are not even studying Spanish nor speak any of my target languages. ;-)
This being said, I don't see the point in hiding your appearance to someone you've been languages partner with for a long time. I guess some people just guard their privacy way too jelously...
