Do you ever follow those people on Twitter who don’t have photos?  I’ll be honest:  Unless I know the individual associated with the profile personally, I don’t.

That’s not because I hate that little default graphic Twitter supplies (although I do).  It’s mainly because experience has shown me that 99% of the accounts that don’t have a picture belong to spammers and robot accounts–not the kind of “people” I need in my social network.

So, if you don’t have a picture for your Twitter profile, I’m not following you.  And I’m not alone.

You look suspicious.  You don’t appear to be invested in participating.  You bear a strange resemblance to a spambot.  That’s not your best look.

If you don’t have a picture up yet, get one there now.  If, for some reason, you don’t have a little picture of yourself, find a stock photo of a cottonwood tree on a summer day or a cute puppy or something.  Just put something in that space.

Let us know that you’re a real person.  Please.