Are filters false advertising?

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jp612612 · Accepted Answer

I mean, sort of but I consider it to be an artsy thing rather than deception. Still, yes those filters are seriously amazing. I've posted quite a bit about this girl Anna that I met and I so badly wish that I could share with you guys her pictures. She's very much into filters and simply uses those normal Instagram/Snapchat filters on all of her pictures. When I first started talking to her, I found her unbelievably hot based on her personals profile and Facebook pictures.

However, the first time she stepped in my car, I'm now embarrassed to say that I was terrified of her. She looked nothing like her pictures because her pictures didn't convey that she was this skeletal-thin recovering meth addict. The filters covered her rough skin from the heavy drug use (this woman was 24 and looked to be at least 35), her skin tone was extremely uneven (which may or may not be drug use related -- I think it might just be that she's a redhead) and she had missing teeth. I'll tell you right now that the sample pictures you have above don't nearly convey the "magic" that a novice can perform on pictures using only these commonly available filters.

sonnypie · Accepted Answer

While i woule say its unethical to use filters if it drasticly changes how you look, like in the photos above. Calling it "false advertising" is just... dumb? I dunno. I don't have the vocabulary to know what else I would call it, but I'm not sure of it's a healthy view on humans to say that we are material for advertisement. Not that I don't understand what people mean. We "advertise" ourself on dating sites etc. But yeah. It might be my lack of understanding on the English language and definitions therein that makes me think this. I just think that there should be a better suited word for this since adverts are often used for material stuff, services etc which we want to earn money on. Doesn't it?

vishna · Accepted Answer

She added tattoos all over her body and changed the color. That's not a filter, lol, that's Photoshop? I don't know of any common filter that gives you tattoos.

When I think of filter, I think of snapchat or instagram filter. Which yes they are definitely false advertising bc it literally sucks in your face and changes your nose shape and makes your eyes bigger, it's just not that person's face anymore. But also no, bc if someone can't understand that the halo of fake flowers probably means this photo is altered, then are they even really being tricked?
I think it's only false advertising if the person has only face slimming, nose slimming, eye enhancing, blemish removing pictures on their dating profile.
if they are all over their facebook, that's not false advertising, that's just liking filters

Bliss-taylor · Accepted Answer

Yes and no. It doesn't change someone as much as make up usually does. At least when I use them. There isn't a huge difference except a flower thing on my head, maybe a little shine to my eyes and coloring of the picture. lol Unless you're using a dog filter of something. Those are more fun than decieving anyway.

PrincessPie · Accepted Answer

If it’s to the point they change someone’s appearance to the point it does not actually look like them, yes.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

Filters offer a false representation only when their use is not obvious.

OldS0ul · Answer

If you were trying to buy a car and all the pictures looked great, but you get there and its scratched up, a headlight is missing and its not even the same model year or make. Would you still buy that car?

millsy98 · Answer

Yes because on snap filters make skin look smoother, changes eye color, slims faces and everything. It doesn't change how they look in real life just what they try to look like to everyone. People are way to caught up in looks that they need to hide their imperfections with lighting and filters. Honestly it makes them look worse in person because you barely know who you are looking at anymore, sadly

D_Bone_Steak · Answer

Something that is designed to put something falsely where it is actually not... sounds like it's false. Then again I would have a lot of pity for someone that actually expected a girl to have a cartoon dog face in real life... It's just blatantly false.

So yes, if it's being used as a sort of advertisement, it's not real, and therefore false advertisement.

PinkandSparkles · Answer

If it's a fun playful filter like the bunny ears for example then no because it's obvious it's just for fun. Photoshop editing or filtering to the point that it changes your image then yeah. Most celebrity pictures have been edited.

ooderman · Answer

If its for the girl in the pic i dont care. She is pretty nice looking.
But to the point, filters no cause a filter is just changing the lights or border slightly.
But the added tats are because some guys are really into tatted girls and that could draw them in. Thats not a filter, its a sticker or photoshop.

CheekyPaws · Answer

Filters are fine but not if the photos are for purposes where you need to represent who you are to someone else, for example online dating. In the case of online dating, just be yourself, if people like you they like you, if they don't then they don't no big deal. But going on a date and finding that the person you're meeting is very different to the photos, that's rubbish and you're wasting both persons time.

ThatPersonOverThere · Answer

Its amazing to me how many beautiful women have absolutely no confidence and upload every photo with filters and editing. The beauty industry really fucks most of you up.

Anonymous · Answer

It depends on the context. If they are just random photos on social media, not really. On a dating site.. yes.

I know two women in particular that do not have a single honest photo on their social media. Both are extremely heavy and use Photoshop to thin their image before posting online. You wonder WTF they are thinking..

sawno · Answer

Depends on the filter, i don't expect a girl to actually have a dog snout haha.

Cammy137 · Answer

Only if you're using them on dating profiles and have no normal photos. Its pretty pointless though because if someone meets you and you're nothing like your profile then they're unlikely to hang around

themetalhead · Answer

the one thing that is more false than anything is mascara commercials. all the girls in the commercials are usually wearing fake lashes (even says so in fine print at the corner of the screen sometimes). false eyelashes=FALSE ADVERTISING!

Anon85 · Answer

It depends on if they're advertising. There's a difference between posting an artsy-fartsy photo as your Facebook profile and actively deceiving people on a dating site

HereIbe · Answer

Of COURSE, they are. I notice that, even though most women agree that filters are lies ("false advertising"), among those who say that they aren't lies, roughly three times as many females as males say that filters aren't lies. Tells us something, doesn't it?

Oded_Obliterate · Answer

Filters are a way to "enhance" a photo, therefore enhanced means no longer as it was, therefore different and therefore false

nevermoregirl7 · Answer

99.9% of these men are haters. Lol.

It's advertising if you are getting paid by a corporation.

Filters make some people feel pretty.

You are a serious dumbass if you think there is a girl with big anime grey eyes and kitty ears.

TheCookieDealer · Answer

Depending on the filter. As long as none of the facial or bodily features aren't changed or removed it's fine. Changes of lighting are fine. But if you show yourself as how you are not, that's deceitful.

estoydorado1 · Answer

That's not just a filter. She photoshopped a whole new reality by adding tattoos, altering the time of day, adding in contour makeup, and saturating the photo with vivid colors.

teaforbooks · Answer

Yeah, I was surprised to learn that the photos I found so flawless and felt insecure about were actually photoshopped or edited to make it look flawless.

Thatblokeoverthere · Answer

only need say one word to justify this... Kardashian,

caligirl03 · Answer

In that case one could argue that make-up is false advertising too. It's not like you can walk around daily life with a filter so go off of what people look like in person!

Anonymous · Answer

Yeah, they are definitely false advertising because they're deceptive.

ciitruskiwi · Answer

Those kinds of filters probably yeah but snapchat dog ear filters no because you'd have to be pretty stupid to think snapchat dog ears are false advertising.

dragonfly6516 · Answer

If you post it with a caption that clearly states that this is just something artsy for fun and not real, then I'm okay with it.  But otherwise yes it's deceptive misrepresentation.

cherrymelody · Answer

"Advertising" is maybe a stronf word but yes I'd say if you add something that completely changes your appearance, and you try to push it as your "natural" look then that's not okay, however you are free to do what makes you happy, as long as it does no harm.

CHARismatic110 · Answer

This particular filter is. But do I think they are overall? Not necessarily. Most of them just deal with lighting and such. It doesn't change the overall look of the person.

pickyourcliche · Answer

A filter is one thing but making it look like a tan and tattoos.. change the lighting or whatever, hide blemishes by all means but yeah thats misleading

strangytie · Answer

If you use a filter to alter your appearance in a way that is permanent like tattoos, piercings, body shape, then yes.

Cody01 · Answer

It's just a false picture unless you're advertising like the models or the fitness models do on Instagram. A lot of them edit the photos to self promote.

sammy1537 · Answer

Unless they are selling you services. When it comes to meeting new people online/dating, all is fair.

Noiva · Answer

If I hadn't seen the original I would have no idea the second was a fake. That is incredibly decietful.

MlleCake · Answer

If they are false advertising, what exactly was being advertised in the first place? I'm a human being, not a product for sale.

Anonymous · Answer

Big time! When you're using filter to make yourself look 10 years younger, 20 lbs lighter, or have a different complexion, they are false advertising.
You're basically advertising yourself to look something you're not in a real life.

hannahbanana11 · Answer

That's more than a damn filter lmao that is a whole photoshop of tats and color lol. But yeah it does change how you look a bit but angles matter more tbh.

Mexicoman101 · Answer

Well that one clearly is, but I don't think they are all inherently so.

HOAAH · Answer

in that picture yes, but if there is such little filter that it doesn't seem much difference than no

Astoriana · Answer

Only if you believe that a person is a product to be sold and used.

Anonymous · Answer

That filter featured on the example is pretty much false advertising but I say most filters aren’t false advertising. Filters just change the lighting and mood of a picture.

jkfde · Answer

Most times, yes filters are false advertising. I want to see you, not a costume

Kai02 · Answer

no. because no matter how much you change the look of someone, humans are not products and how they choose to look in photos will never be "false advertising'. They are not being sold to you.

genericname85 · Answer

lol i wanna see the filter doing that xD this is some pretty decent photoshop work, not just a "filter".

BarbieLola · Answer

It it’s a filter like you said than yes, but usually in my experience it barely makes a difference

MyAtlantis · Answer

I guess you mean photoshop based on these pictutes. Yes.

ryancg · Answer

I don't know if I'd call it false advertising, especially since the filters are pretty obvious. However, I do think they look stupid and I'm less likely to take someone seriously if they use a filter.

cancan73 · Answer

It's marketing, basically lies I pity the younger generation

ObsidianNuLL · Answer

Okay that's not a filter, that's Photoshop (bottom pic).

Mekara · Answer

So is make-up, but no one says anything about that.

Torrianna15 · Answer

It kinda is cuz she really doesn't have tattoos. She is letting other people think that

TripleAce · Answer

ya lol... well depends if she's using it on a dating site or something hahah

effyourfeelings · Answer

No People are not objects to be 'advertised' Filters don't exist when you meet in person

Nivinxus · Answer

So long as it doesn't misrepresent the product it is showcasing.

Markella88 · Answer

Yes if you it don’t want someone who don’t have to many tattoo’s.

baileytabitha · Answer

It really depends the filter. That’s photoshop in the example, not just a filter

lowbrow · Answer

Um no it's really just changing the picture not the person. And this isn't a filter it's more like an edit from photoshop

Sojex · Answer

Well unless they're using all those filters on a profile or webite that lists prostitutes to hook up with then no, that's not false advertising cause they aren't advertising jack shit

loveslongnails · Answer

If it's not an accurate image, it's a lie. Plain and simple. Why is this a question?

SirRexington · Answer

I hate filters. But not if they aren't to be taken seriously.

OnAColdWinterNight · Answer

filters are only false advertising for cancerous little fucks that roam on social media and believe everything the electric jew shows them

BeHappy1985 · Answer

I don't know a single guy that likes filters. Especially dog ears and shit.. I mean ffs "how stupid are you"? .. Major turn off for me..

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