Though I had the general idea that I wanted to have a profile picture that featured my actual face, I didn't quite know what other details to include so as to not confound the rest of the data. Namely, my profile picture needed to be clearly distinguishable from all of the pictures.

After analyzing those few photos I had of my actual face,  I decided that the picture I use for this experiment would focus on just my face looking directly at the camera. I wasn't quite sure that such a generic photo would garner enough interest to form a compelling data set, but I decided adding extra garnish like photoshopped sparkle effects would put the image directly in the category of "ironic" something which is somewhat aligned with how I carry myself on Facebook. I left the image on facebook for a whole day in order to maximize the number of responses I could get.