I like my profile pics to at least be cute or be somewhat related to my current interests/obsession at the time. Hence my cubone pic I’ve been playing Pokemon and cubes is one of my all time favs.
I find it hard to find decent pics to use for a long time. I often find myself changing my profile pictures often if I feel I’ve had the same one too long, don’t like it anymore, or want to change it just to change it.
I like mine to be something I like, and easily identifiable. Identifiable as in “that’s a person/dog/cartoon/etc” not necessarily that everyone would recognize the reference. If that makes sense. I don’t like icons that the picture is so tiny you can’t really tell what it’s supposed to be.
I also like for icons to be relatively long lasting. Constantly changing them makes identification difficult. I know I’m not the only one that recognizes people by their icon and doesn’t always read/remember usernames. So when they change often it takes me awhile to connect the dots, if I ever do.
I worry about this in regards to people having trouble identifying me. I’m going to make a serious effort to stick with this icon for a while. I feel better now that I’m back to my original username, at least, haha.
I just picked a selfie with a beard. It’s a beard and it was awesome. I don’t have a beard anymore but have kept a mustache I grew for movember. I may just change my selfie to a modern one with mustache when it gets a bit fuller.