Are filters false advertising?

[Anonymous]

Yes, filters are false advertising

No, filters are not false advertising

[jp612612]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[OlderAndWiser]

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

[OldS0ul]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[NeglectedChild]

cdn.iwastesomuchtime.com/24201807253318456.jpg

[CheekyPaws]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Cammy137]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[nevermoregirl7]

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]

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]

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]

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.