"There are a wealth of swinging/lifestyle podcasts with episodes about dating profiles, and omitting your face from "public" photos on the site (that is, visible to all members) is uniform advice. Of course, most often this is to avoid being identified on the site. Sometimes there are also vague mentions of "internet safety" but not much in the way of specifics."
"We'd like to be authentically "out but discreet" in our lives, and my partner's smile is our secret weapon! (Well... one of them.) There should be a good reason before we hide it. It feels weird thinking about presenting ourselves as faceless to adults we want to connect with. Outing aside, is there some real risk we should be worried about that should stop us from including our faces in (SFW) photos"
Face photos are common on many adult-couples dating apps and often encourage more authentic connections and higher response rates. Displaying faces can help signal openness and attract matches who value authentic presentation. Showing faces exposes users to identification risks such as screenshots, reverse-image searching, doxxing, workplace exposure, and possible blackmail or non-consensual sharing. Mitigation strategies include keeping public galleries anonymous while sharing full-face images only in private messages, creating separate contact accounts, vetting profiles, using reverse-image searches, verifying via video chat, removing identifiable background details, and establishing clear safety boundaries and meeting protocols.
Read at Slate Magazine
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