Guys, what do you think of girls who use filters on their pictures?

[Anonymous]

Do guys prefer natural ones?

below is an example of a girl who posted a pic with and without a filter

is it fake? Or is it just harmless fun?

[CubsterShura]

Quick answer: they find it bothersome if literally all of your pictures are filtered.

Am pretty sure no one minds a filtered pic once in a while if you wanna do it for better color, to get creative or just have some fun...

It becomes a problem when you're so obsessed with it that anyone can hardly see what your face looks like WITHOUT them. Especially if it's on a dating website or to a guy that you're dating. At least that's where you should show your natural appearance.

As much as it hurts, a man (if he is a potential partner) doesn't give two shits about how you wish you looked, he cares about how you really look, which comes with features that you may not entirely like about yourself.

[lolilola]

As a girl , I dont like overly filtered photos. I feel decieved and my intelligence insulted. A little touch up is ok as long as it doesn't change your facial features and what you really look like... it does come of as insecure and it probably is.. I say that because I've done that before because I'm insecure about the way I look. I would usually make my lips slightly bigger, and neck a little longer, hair a little more volume, remove 2 or 3 zits. As for that girl in the pictures she looks better in the untouched picture simply because she looks more human, however to look more presentable she could've just applied some under eye concealer and lipstick (before smart phones that's how we used to do it).

[MrWolf]

If it's just for the joy of the cool filter am ok.

But then is kind with that car on sale you see online and it looks good and awesome and it comes time to see it in person in real life and it turns out is a piece of junk.

I get that feeling lately with them filters.

Like yo seriously it's gotten so worse.

There a train for any of us. Or a passenger to our trains kindish sure there are a few bad apples here and there.

Natural look is the way it needs to be. Becuse no matter how much paint you apply to that heap of junk it will still rust in time.

So what i mean is you see one thing online and here comes real life. So no thank you.

[Trooper205]

I see it as False Advertizing. Another way of Lying about how you look.

[Asker]

Do you think the girl above is attractive?

[Trooper205]

I cannot say, since I don't know Her personally, but if we're talking physical Beauty, She's not my type.

[devdole]

I think they are not fully confident and comfortable on their look. The reason behind this is very simple because in this time we all have internet access and because of that we can know others opinion about look, and even the looks have been categorised which make not only some girls but boys also. We've accepted good character as superior and not so good character as inferior, by the judgement of other people.

So as asked my opinion is i don't care if a girl or a boy is using filter but they should be proud on their looks, and to show the world their good looks they don't have to use these features because we all know that Social media is not real.

Thank you for reading this long. Have a good day/evening/night.

[TheFireTiger]

I really love what the girls use all filters what she can. Why? Because why not? Where is that forbidden?

So. For example a woman celebrity. In her "social media" she put a Picture, previously She has a lot of cosmetic surgeries in her face, body and so on, second, the picture has edit with Photoshop for example, and third they have cover make up and plus they use filters in their pics

Son why a single woman without cosmetic surgery or with cosmetic surgeries can not put a picture with filters? when the 99.0 percent of celebrities use this (filters + Photoshop + cosmetic surgeries + girdles + fake nails + wig or "extensions") so Do we need to make a scandal because a woman uses a filters? Shouldn't it be better to censor mass celebrities who send the wrong message to teenage girls and young ladies?

[gym4ever]

thats pic down is obv with filter.
More natural photos are better. And ill rather focus on fixing things that are filters doing for you. So basicly filter is changing ur appereance and making you more attractive. That means you should work on those things, for example skin. Using skin creams, eathing healthier, doing sports will make your skin look better, then there would be no need for filters. Its much harder but filters can change your photos and not real life, thats why its harder. The harder you try, the better it gets.

[LazyMan]

If it's on the like of dating sites and in places where the intention is to meet people. I do not like it. Filters are false advertising.

They not only obscure the natural look of your face but how your face looks in general. A lot of filters even play with recolouring skin tone and reshaping facial structure ever so slightly.

[Asker]

Yes and some make eye shapes different and colour

[Throwaway4397]

Depends what your intentions are. For just messing around I guess there's nothing wrong with it. But if you're trying to present yourself to someone a certain way (i. e., business or dating profiles), I think it's misleading. To be honest, filters and excessive makeup are the first things I look for when deciding how I feel about a girl. If it's not a mark of vanity, I think it's certainly a mark of a lack of real beauty.

[ztrok]

I think it's messed up on dating sites because guys already give a chance to girls below their level and then you find out she's even uglier in person. It's annoying because it's dishonest and guys aren't doing the same thing.

Like say a guy is an 7/10 and that girl is a 6/10 with the filter he's thinking okay she's similar enough.

Boom meets her in person and she's a 5/10.

It's the equivalent of a guy saying he's 6ft and then he shows up to the date at 5'6", you'd be pissed because you were misled.


On things unrelated to dating go for it but almost every date from Bumble I've been on the girl was way uglier than her pics so I was not happy about it and ruins the date.

[ZackBan]

Filters are kind of cheating. I mean make up is fine in a moderate dose but look at the girl you posted, with filter she has bad skin but its really her with filter it's the lie. I like the guts to show ones true self, and if she wants smooth skin she can take care of hers better.

[lightbulb27]

It's very different, eyes and complexion. I think it results in a shock on the first meeting if there is excessive false advertising.
The original looks ok, but in contrast does not so much, especially her eyes. I wonder if she intentionally made herself look bad in that?

[aWes0MeNeSs]

I'm not a guy, but I'm personally not a fan. I don't like how they make some girls' eyes huge and put that weird glossy-ness on them.

I also know of a few older women who put only photos of themselves with filters on social media and dating sites trying to pick up guys, but look much older (the filters erase the wrinkles) and way different in person, and think that's false advertisement, lol.

[LBJizzle]

Know I need to get laid

[Jb360]

LBJizzle learn how to spell correctly and these are ladies have some MF respect. Sex is not a necessity to survive is it great all depends on the feelings and the couple so yes and no but damn man grow TF up.

[BCA6010]

It's fake. It's acceptable (I guess) when explicitly using them for fun or just enhancing photos for social media but when it's used for professional reasons or dating apps, they're a recipe for disaster. Employers and first dates don't appreciate being lied to, and it's generally taken much harder than realizing the burger you ordered doesn't look like the one on the menu...

[kav__ir]

Well, what's the concept of filters? Variety of filters are available as you know nobody is a perfect being from body to mind
talking about both good and bad sides
Good side is if it makes you happy then go for it no second opinion, almost everyone use filters even b&w or contrast high/low and if somebody want to look attractive woth little changes he/she is free to go on, different filters for different occasions and its in social trend

Bad side
Lack in confidence.. if someone post highly filtered pics he/she might have a fear of people opinion that's why filters in trend... but as of me it breaks u'r confidence on social gatherings

[Adam1978]

If you do anything beyond light filters you are creating fake pictures. So I guess it depends on who you send them too. For me it ranges from I don't care to dislike. I don't see when it ever would be positive, it's like lies sometimes they are white but really they are never good.

[cicchis0]

I hate filters, particularly on dating sites where photos are meant to be used for discrimination (I don't publish photos with a zucchini down my pants) and I also dislike that trend of Dutch angles, traditionally used to disorient and cause uneasiness in film making.

[DankRaviolis]

I think it’s harmless fun. Because it doesn’t really matter right? If you wanna use a filter, then use a filter. No ones gonna stop you. Imeanunlessitslikeafamilyorspeacialoccasionphoto.

[Anonymous]

Camera catch details the human eye doesn't or lights the face in an unnatural way. Images only offer fantasy, so I prefer meeting in person to see if I like her scent. People shatter their own self confidence in a world of make believe, they photograph themselves alter that photo but when their lie is accepted they question their own appearance. Guys are visual but we are also influenced by biological factors you don't get from a picture.

[Asker]

What about if a girl has a nice voice?

[Opinion Owner]

That isn't a bad quality, but says nothing of biological compatibility.

[emmily2396]

Editing pics is fine to me as long as it looks natural. Phone cameras suck anyway, they drag your features down, make. your nose big and lengthen your chin and forhead. So in any case, they are not realistic to begin with. Plus, phones have software that automatically edits the picture in some cases.

[hellacray]

Why did she have to take two different pictures? How come she didn't just apply a filter to the first pic?

To me it seems like she didn't use any makeup in the first one either.

But yes I think girls go way overboard with the filters. If I can look good without filters so can you.

[MannMitAntworten]

Well, if they are trying to attract someone and they look one way in person and essentially glamorous online only, they are going to find a large number of guys will wonder where the hell that other woman is when you both meet. May as well look as you do in person...

[genericname85]

i'm a hobby photographer and that's just what you do in photos. you take temporary blemishes and pimples out in post, cause you want a picture that shows how the person looks like generally and not tell the story of the pimple on her chin xD so yeah. i think within certain boundaries, putting a filter is acceptable, cause not everyone knows how to use photoshop or lightroom.

[Lecter]

As long as the picture looks good it's fine with me. There are some pics where the filters actually make the girls look unattractive so go easy on the intensity of the effect.