Why is it best to keep our faces anonymous on here? I don't get it. I think its nice to get to know fellow hearties and see them as 'real' people. We certainly dont have anything to be ashamed of having heart issues. People are so kind and caring but its strange messaging a flower or a building! Or am I missing something? Please tell me if I am and I'll remove my mug shot ASAP!!!
P.s Complete respect to those who want to remain anonymous.
It's very much your choice whether you wish to display your picture.
My picture has a story behind it.
When I was born my brothers brought my mother snowdrops.
When my daughter was born, my mother sent me in the post a huge bunch of snowdrops.
I grow snowdrops in my garden as they hearld the start of the spring and end of winter. They represent hope for me.
Some people like to remain anonymous as this enables them to talk freely about their problems.
PS.
Sending you a virtual hug.
I would have done so sooner in your other post.
I have had a whopper session of coronary vasospasms over the last few days.
I have just resurfaced.
What a lovely story, I love snowdrops, so delicate and pretty.
I'm sorry you've had a bad time again. It must be so unerving and worrying for you. God bless you, sending big hugs back xx
My late Mum sent me snowdrops when I was expecting my two sons. She sent them early as she said snow drop bulbs wouldn't look the same!! My sons were born in the months of April and May so I could see her point.
Hope you're feeling much better now. Love and hugs. Jan xxxx
I have my pic on my profile. I put it on another HU forum that I belonged to before joining this one. I have met quite a few of the people on there when we've had get togethers. I don't think it's unsafe to do so, but I have had a few odd messages from men. Would make you laugh if I told you the name of one of them. I just report them.
Jean
Yes.JeanJ.I know about the men!Been propositioned a few times.....no photo on site.Just as well! Once by a rich American !
Was he in the army and did you have a photo of him in uniform bent talking to a child who was probably in Afghanistan?
I once met a rich American on the plane going to see my sister in Dallas, invited me to his ranch. In my mind I thought I would end up murdered. Afraid I'm not very trusting. We were both stood at one end of the plane, it was in the days when you could ask to see the cockpit on the plane. The captain walked by and I asked if we could. Well there was a really handsome co-pilot in there, but my interest in what the dials did in the plane became boring, so I sneaked off. When I got off the plane and collected my luggage there was the handsome co pilot. I panicked hoping he wasn't waiting for me, but he was and drew alongside me as I got to him. I don't remember a word of what he said and soon spied my sister and her husband waiting for me. I just walked away to them and left him. That's it the most exciting day of my life when I think back. That was thirty years ago, now I'm an invisible old person.
What a great story.No. This one was on this site and 'said' he owned several factories!How boring can you get!He wasn't even in with a chance!
I have tried to post a picture of myself as a profile pic but never works? 🤔
It’s a lovely picture of you too 🙂 x
Ahh thanks that's so sweet of you to say x 😘
Lol it worked I was able to change it 😅
Thank you BK, as kind as ever. I can't remember when the picture was taken but definitely in the last year. I try to scrub up when I'm feeling ok. I find it helps my mood to make an effort.
I can cope with weirdos! I always seem to get loads on Instagram so I guess this is no different. I just block and ignore.
Hope you're OK this evening, God bless you xx
You look fabulous 👌!! Why don't you leave it on? Xx
I really want you to be happy again. I know you can. I can feel it. X
Tbh, I don’t like posting my pic because… we’ll basically I’m hot 🔥😂
I’m old and ugly and even worse in photos unless you want one to frighten the kids!!!
Didn't see it Bev! If I put a picture of me on here, I'd scare everyone!!! Sljp looks lovely though. Lots of love and hugs. Jan xxxxxxxxxxx
No need to hide away ,i didnt know you could put your pic up ,i found it so added one ,only been here a week though ,mainly reading a lot of articles .
Well I just read your bio and thought I had it bad. Always someone worse off so tank God for my blessings and wish you the best of heath and I hope you get things sorted. God bless
There are people worse off than me. In my last post I was having a bit of an angry day. Thank you so much for your support though. God bless you too. 🙏
Good morning, I always wondered about that. Nice to see you 🙂
And you too! 😁
Lovely photo.
I’ve never seen a picture of you where is it 🤗
You look fabulous! I agree it’s good to see who you’re talking to. Makes it feel more human doesn’t it.
I’ve had a few messages on here from men who think it’s a dating site 🤷♀️😆
Go join plenty of fish and leave us hearties to chat about our health issues in peace 🐟 😂
Have a wonderful Sunday beautiful lady 🩷
Mine is one of my two rescue dogs with my rescue cat. Maybe why I haven't been propositioned 🤣
Awww, they're beautiful! X
It's everyone's choice Sljp0000. I find it difficult remembering people's group names but remember there real name easier. I use my picture on my profile but can understand people are wary of security these days with so many scams etc going on. Hope your day goes well. Brian
I think I’m with you… it’s quite anonymous anyway with our Forum Names! And it feels more natural to speak to a face🙏hoping all’s well with you.
So you're a meerkat?!! 🤣🤣 I'm ok thanks hope you're having a good day x
😂😂😂if I knew how to change my picture I would: but at the moment it’s beyond me😂😂😂👏
Depending on what device you are using, I’m using a mobile, at the top right hand corner you should see your picture with “more” underneath. If you click on that, select “update profile” and then “change avatar” it should let you choose a picture from your gallery to change it to.
YAY! I’ve done it ! Thank you🙏
Well done! You see you can do it! X
I🎼🎶🎵🎶 I get by with a little help from my friends🎶🎶
Changed mine but may change it back .
No don't! You look fab! X
It's old picture taken before my heart attack.
I'm sure you look as good now! X
Awh Sljp0000 you are so kind.
don’t be modest it’s a lovely photo… and remember “ a smile is a girl’s best accessory “!!!
My profile pic is of the brooch I wore at my daughter’s wedding. All the important people were asked to pick their favourite superhero and had their brooch/buttonhole made out of Lego. I said I didn’t want to be a superhero because I was the Mummy. I rather liked the result!
That's funny! Great story! 👍 x
Ha ha the old saying ‘face for radio not TV’. I’m not very photogenic 😂
mine is of my little rescue dog who looks much cuter than I do.
Jokes aside, it is indeed a personal choice and as I’m on different social media platforms I rather be anonymous on here. Not showing my picture does not stop me from giving or asking for advice.
Also, and this is personal, I’d hate if someone that I barely know and definitely don’t want to share my life drama with, would approach me on the street and thinking to know me. I know it is very unlikely but it can happen and as long as I can pretend to be healthy, the better it is 😊
Yes, I get that x
I'm with you Slip, I will change min as soon as I can find a good one 🫣😂 yours is nice. Well done.
I never put my photo on any social media site . I also never post photos of any of my family without their permission. Nothing secret just don't like to.
I don’t have any photos of my children on social media and ask my family not to post anything with them on there either. They have their whole lives to have an online presence, I want to help protect their innocence for as long as I can 🙂
I probably sound like an overprotective parent! 🙈
quite agree. Can u see my pic on here?
Yes! Lovely photo! X
Morning the story behind my pic, I have loved Bowie since I seen him on TOTP when I was 13 singing Starman, Ziggy stardust was purchased. Wind the clock on many years. I had been waiting nearly two years for a transplant, I was in a pretty bad way and seeing where the album cover of Ziggy was shot was on my bucket list. My bestie got us on the train from Glasgow to London a nice apartment booked and off we went to Hedron St. We had a lovely time managed the palace as well. Six months later I was placed on the urgent list and got my new ❤️. I think it's time for a profile change a pic going on. Char
Awh thank you BeKind28 that's made my day.
Thank you, I am in Italy just now it gets bigger in the humidity 😅x
Hi I did it for personal safety online really. Especially as when I joined several years ago I felt fragile & vulnerable. I love my dog though 😉
I'm not anonymous and agree with you 😊
At the risk of being vilified or worse I am going to play 'Devils advocate' here and say shouldn't this post be on the social thread as strictly speaking it is not directly a heart matter. People have been banned or encouraged to leave the site for similar.____________I'll put my wig and gown away now!
I understand to a degree but the post is about people on the heart thread. If I'd put it on the social thread no-one on here would have seen it?
Slightly paradoxical, if that is the word I want, then isn't it. Or it could just be a bit of a bu**er then. 😊
Sljp0000,
The two places aren't separate. It's just that the social thread is a pinned post and not in the list on our feeds unless we have saved it or asked for notifications in our settings in our profiles. It's all part of the BHF part of HU, and whether people see stuff or not is determined by whether they read the pinned posts as well as their feeds.
Good post of yours and your photo is lovely, but I'm with the 'less of my private life out there, the better' view, I'm afraid. So no photos.
Just seen Captbirdseyes post about social forum. That's where they are all hiding.😊😊
No one is hiding 🙂
Of course we cannot be sure of anything on worldwide websites. The name of the person given to HealthUnlocked may be false. Even their country could be as well. As to a photograph it could be correct or that of anyone else and even AI and HR produced these days. The black side is it takes only one evil person worldwide to put together information as in the case of a gamer who worked out who a person was and where they lived and travelled from Germany to the UK to murder them. youtube.com/watch?v=TaRMPZq...
So we all need to be on our guard even though HealthUnlocked is a friendly website but remember an insane person can be easily offended.
That's creepy and has made me rethink about showing my photo.
My employer, or future employer does not have the right to know about my medical conditions or any health issues I may be dealing with outside work. This is my primary reason for pseudo-anonymity. Without it, I would not post.
I always post so that only members of this group can see my posts and not anyone outside the group. But I totally understand how you feel
That's a good idea.
Quite a while me thinks, there aren't many nice photos of me 😂😂😂
I hated it when I was young in the 70's my nickname was after a certain toy and also on the back of robertsons jam jars 😓. No feather cut or Purdy for me.I had the last laugh in the 80's when everyone was paying for a perm, my youngest son is the same 😄char x
Well I have just added my wedding photo. lol. A few years ago but here it is. x
How lovely! ❤️ x
Thank you. x
He is 42 now and keeps it cropped, so funny during lockdown when he couldn't get it cut it was a giant mid brown affro with beard to match. His older brother is bald x
I do use my own name but its probably because I lack the imagination to choose a moniker that just fits. I love many of the names on here. They are just so evocative on the person that a plain old name would be!
Selfie uploaded 🤭😇👍
For me it’s about being able to post something without upsetting a family member who may also be on here.
You encouraged me to show my face. Hope you are doing better now. 😊
I would be worried about cracking everybody's phone screen. In al seriousness I work in the banking sector so we are training to be giving out personal info off websites and social media. This is not just protect against getting profiles cloned or bits of information stolen but also make sure that I can't be identified as a bank employee so I don't get propositioned by people with malicious intent.
A few years back just some bits of information would be okay but now we're have reverse image searches I think it's going to point where it's actually easier to track people down. Not wanting to alarm anybody it's just the way that we've been trained to minimize the absolute risk very rarely would I expect anyone to be trying to make any sort of advances or trying to do in sort of snooping...
It's hard to keep data private these days..
I understand but Facebook/Insta has much more detail and most people have those these days.I'm from a banking background but left when it all became about sales and not the best interests of the customers. X
Thank you
I haven't worked out how to put my own profile image onto the forum
Just go on your profile, then Edit (any of the options, then at the top add avatar. You can then going into your files and pick a photo. X
Thank you, 😍heres one taken on Kindness through Rocks day. Ive painted & 'hidden' the little rock beside Milo
On the contrary, it's great you've been replying, thank you! I'm glad you've enjoyed this thread! ❤️❤️❤️
P.s why don't you take a selfie smiling and put it on? A positive move? Xx take care special lady xx
Hi Sljp0000 I didn't know you could put a profile photo on until I saw your post, so thank you for making me aware , I (think) my photo is now on lol, take care stay positive 😊
Yes it's on now! I will try to stay positive, my faith helps. Hope all is OK with you x
My previous role meant I needed to have a limited social media presence... I've not got round to changing anything, and probably won't have the opportunity soon.
My profile picture was taken from a trip to the enchanted forest last year, where the theme was Together Alive.
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