Why do people use fake photos for their profile page?

security or insecurity

my be cause they dont like what they look like

i only use real pics...

Thank you everyone for your shares! Please accept my apologies for not being able to respond to each one.
Deb...you have a great point about sharing contact information. For me, it's not that I don't intend to share contact information but I forget to click that little button when I accept or send a request. >_< !!! I would always share my contact information with everyone. If for some reason my contact information is not showing up for you, please don't hesitate to let me know and I can g

@Zarada Na netu that is funny. Made me laugh

i never notice that, are they really?

Because they do not want to get popular.

All good points here, and I concur with Neville on the multiple accounts thingy. Some programs promote the practice of creating hundreds/thousands of social networking accounts under different names and photos and spinning articles in order to create backlinks to a money site.

Because they have somthing to hide, they can scam you, they are not honest internet marketers.

It is our personal decision to use our original one or fake one. i think whichever photo you use it doesn't matter. your posts, comments and business matters than any other anything.

I don't care. If they have a fake picture I will not accept their friend requests like I did in the past.

Because they do not want to use original ....

Being able to trust someone with whom you intend to have a business relationship is paramount. Using a fake picture is like false advertising. I will not have business dealings with anyone who portrays themselves to be someone they are not. I also don't like it when someone requests to add me as a contact but does not share their own contact information. For me, that is another indication that they are hiding something or have ulterior motives for wanting me as a contact.

@Jan, APSense is not a social network, so if my child wanted to start a business, I would first discuss things with him/her. I take for granted that the child would be at least 14 years old, so there would be no harm, as I expect that if the child is mature enough to want to build a business, he/she will be aware that some people are not what they seem

I agree with Philippe..
For security (privacy) reasons it does not matter if you hide your profile picture on social media like Facebook, Twitter, etc. But for business community like APSense using fake profile photos certainly raises questions for other members.

They are hiding something or want to be someone else to attract followers..

One of the reason could be because they are under 18

on Facebook, I understand the privacy thing. But on APSense, why would you want to keep private, since you are trying to build a business

It Simply because they do not want to display their true identity in public...

They obviously have something to hide!