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Photo of yourself on the front page is just tacky.
by overcyn 15y ago
Photo of yourself on the front page is just tacky.
- rhizome31 15y agoAgreed, you should probably keep the picture of yourself just for the about section. Great redesign overall though. I was thinking of doing something along these lines for my own site and that comforts me in the idea.
- kevinburke 15y agoCan you give me some more feedback? Is it just having a photo on the page that's the problem or is it the photo itself? I A/B tested a few photos on hotornot.com but I'm not sure that the photos that tested best there would do the best on my own site.
- lawn 15y agoPersonally I think the photo is great, it's nicely personal. It's more that I don't think it shouldn't be on the home page, it always distracts me where I'd like to focus on the content instead. It would be perfect in the about section I'd say.
- pyre 15y agoI don't know if hotornot.com is the best place to A/B test these things. How many people on that site think you photo is 'hot or not' says nothing about how tacky (or not) it will look in this particular context.
- kevinburke 15y agopyre: the A/B testing was more for a profile photo for online dating than for my personal site :) Neither of the photos that I'm using right now on my website was the one that tested the best.
- overcyn 15y agoWhen I see a profile pic, especially in the top left, I immediately question whether the author is interested in producing good content or just self-promotion. And yes. The picture you chose is not the most flattering.
- calpaterson 15y agoThis is a harsh comment but there is some truth in it (the photo itself is nice!). I have to admit that I almost disregarded you as someone who is self-promoting. I'm glad I didn't, because this article is good, but bear in mind that other people might do. If it was me I might put a picture on the about page.
- rkudeshi 15y agoOK, I'll play devil's advocate: I think the photo is wonderful. It got me interested in who he is, got me to click around his website, got me to read some of his articles published in his college newspaper, got me reading his old email newsletters, etc. Without a photo, I doubt I would have made that first click around.