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About Voting

Voting correctly

Poor-quality votes get thrown out and earn little-to-no Karma. Adhering to the following guidelines will ensure your votes are high-quality:

Always be honest. Treating people with respect is important, but you aren't helping anyone pick their best photos if you give inflated ratings "to be nice." It's impossible to tell whether a photo of a stranger is "the best that they can do" or not.

Frequently, people test photos that score very low and others that score very high. Honesty is the bridge between good and bad photos!
Rate based on how you feel about the person, not the quality of the photo. (The latter is best addressed in the Notes box.)
Ignore logos and watermarks. Some photos will have watermarks because they’re professional pics– try your best to let that go.
Consider each trait individually. Resist any urge to select "3/Very 3/Very 3/Very" for all three traits just because the person looks attractive. Instead, consider, "Does the person look smart in this picture? Does the person look trustworthy?" It is entirely possible to look attractive but not trustworthy, etc.

Just as well, use the whole range of scores ("0/No" - "3/Very"). Staying within a small window (1-2 or 2-3) for all scores doesn't help the user distinguish between a good pic and a great pic.

A final thought: some folks genuinely find it challenging to infer traits from a photo, and even with the best intentions, their feedback might not always be helpful or accurate. We always aim to prioritize valuable and constructive feedback, which, regrettably, means we will not be able to weigh everyone’s input equally.

About the traits

The Photofeeler team searched far and wide, meticulously conducting research and various tests to find the ultimate secret sauce behind attention-catching profile photos.

As with everything, they may change in the future if necessary.

Here are our expert recommendations on improving your photo scores for each trait:

Seeing a photo multiple times

The short answer is it's not possible to vote again on the same test. Even if a test was paused and started again months later, users who voted on it previously would not be able to vote on it again.

In most reported cases of seeing the same picture, the photo in question is just slightly different than the original.

Alternatively, it is possible that a user has more than one test running using the same photo or that they started a new test using a photo they've tested previously.

In any case, please continue to vote respectfully. 🙂