Another point to bring up is the use of profile pictures as maybe other markers of identity, like what someone is involved in or what they like to do or places they’ve been, etc. I just recently thought of this because I recently changed my FB profile picture to a sort of flyer for my dance team, as we are holding Mid-Year auditions and looking for members to join our team. The rest of my team changed it to the same flyer picture and it becomes a sort of huge, spread out advertising across the part of FB that is affiliated with UCLA students. By doing so, we identified ourselves as dancers and part of this team. This kind of profile picture use is so common, especially for promoting college campus events, orgs, etc., which can be another marker of something pertaining to one’s identity and interests.
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