Why do some people think using filters and effects aren't catfishing?

[Anonymous]

I see it all the time on Tinder and people will swear up and down that it's just a filter and they still look like that. It's bs. Take me for example

I'm just a regular looking black guy but using filters and all that I can completely change how I look

I would never do that but some people do and it's catfishing 100% in my opinion

[potatoiswhoiam]

Ok I don't use filters but I still look different in real life than my photos. It's just that photos being taken from different angles and being 2d make you look different in general, so is that catfishing as well?
I don't see it as catfishing but also if someone doesn't wanna show their face in video chat but insist on sending photos, in my opinion that's what truly counts because it does sound shady

[Asker]

Some what yes, sure everyone looks a little different because of technological limitations but if you intentionally use lighting and angles to create a false image that is indeed catfishing

[potatoiswhoiam]

No I don't use lighting but I do find myself better looking in some angles, don't us all do that? I do take pics several times until I get a good one, so I don't know, is that catfishing? Cuz would you show someone a bad pic of yourself or a pic you don't like?
And the pics that I do like myself, whenever I show them to a friend in real life they tell me I don't look like that, but it's how I see myself in the mirror.
So here's the problem now, if I take pics the way I see myself in the mirror but I don't look the same in real life, but I've no idea in that case how I look in real life or I simply don't like photos taken of me by other people, is that still catfishing? Given that I don't mind showing my face in video chat or meeting an online friend in real life..

It's a bit more complicated than that, no?

[Asker]

Why are you throwing in all this random crap anyway? The question was about filters, but in my opinion if you do something intentionally to make yourself appear significantly different than what you look like, it's catfishing

[potatoiswhoiam]

I'm throwing it in because it's something I'm curious about to know your opinion on.
As for the filters, I think if it's something that's done for fun and not to deliberately make yourself look different, then it can be annoying, but usually harmless, cuz it really doesn't make that much of a difference. The photos you posted are not that different and it's easy to tell youve put filters. If a boyfriend of mine posted a pic with a filter and then I found out later on there are some minor differences in how he looks irl I wouldn't actually care. My problem usually is with people who facetune their faces or bodies to look slimmer or curvier or to have different facial features. And that's harmful to those people as well because they start believing that that's how they look, when in reality it's not. They sort of live in a fake reality, as well as catfish others.

[Asker]

I was talking specifically about dating apps though

[potatoiswhoiam]

I've never used tinder but don't you guys send each other pics anyway? Either way I think it shows when its a filter. Not saying it's right to do it, just saying it really isn't that big of a deal, cuz usually filters aren't as misleading as facetune