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>>>>We have a bunch of new features about to be released, new incoming users from various locations, and it would certainly help to show them this site is quite interesting and it projects the feeling we are interacting with a person and not a username with a bunch of digits at the end.
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>>>Michel, while it will be interesting to see how others react to this, I think you'll continue to receive the same or similar responses to the ones that have been posted over the last day. I think you should reconsider this.
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>>There's nothing to dictate what the picture actually is . For instance on Facebook my picture is Steve Zodiac (Fireball XL5).
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>I could be wrong, but I thought at one time in the UT interface where you post a picture, there was some text about it having to be a real-life picture of the person (or words along those lines)
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>I think in many social media sites, you're prompted to post a picture - but you're also allowed by bypass it. I think the same thing should apply here.
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>There are forum members who have been here for over a decade who never posted a picture. Also, I know of one forum member who received some unwelcome personal messages that were semi-related to the member's picture - that member decided to stop using a picture.

I agree with you. I notice now on Linkedin some women are now complaining about unwanted messaging .