| Remember the old days of the Internet, before the | | | | even remotely true probably sent you on a psychotic |
| MySpace and FaceBook social-boom, when we would | | | | friend requesting frenzy. |
| all flock to join Rate My Picture websites to befriend | | | | While your friends will all tell you you're cute no |
| strangers and egotistically rate pictures on a scale | | | | matter what, strangers with no ulterior motive |
| from 1-10 to determine if we were hot or not? If | | | | generally will speak the truth. Your average picture |
| not, then it was before your time or when | | | | rating website may no longer be hip in 2008 but |
| computers cost more than used Cadillacs. | | | | there are still modern alternatives out there to get |
| Oh those days of Rating Pictures! You use to check | | | | your pictures rated and ranked that are still cool to |
| your account religiously just to see if you received | | | | use. |
| new votes with the hopes of being scored high | | | | Traditional rating websites give you a 1-10 rating |
| enough to earn fame on the websites top list. Those | | | | based off anonymous voting. Your score is misleading |
| were the good old days of social networking and | | | | because you will have no idea who voted for you. |
| self-indulgence! | | | | You wouldn't brag or complain about a vote from |
| But times have changed with the new generation of | | | | someone if you had zero interest in their opinion, |
| the Internet. With websites like MySpace, FaceBook, | | | | would you? Only if you knew exactly who voted for |
| and YouTube we no longer barter with strangers for | | | | you! |
| votes to earn a spot in the top 25, we now harass | | | | A modern rating website called PicFights offers a |
| our friends to comment our pictures and profiles with | | | | unique spin on rating pictures. Members aren't voted |
| compliments so we can smile and secure them a | | | | on a 1-10 scale. They are matched up against other |
| spot in our own Top 8, 16, or 124. | | | | members in picture competitions. Once a match is |
| There is no longer a need for picture rating websites. | | | | drawn a random member decides the winner. All |
| Because between bottle highlights, fake tanning | | | | members can view who they won and lost against, |
| sprays, and diva knock-off Prada and Coach sun | | | | and even who judged the match. It's this in your |
| glasses we are ALL hot! And we are all hot because | | | | face approach that once again makes rating pictures |
| under every photo on our MySpaces and FaceBooks | | | | fun, addicting, and sometimes even, emotionally |
| 106 guys and girls agree. | | | | damaging! |
| Half of you are sitting there smiling and shaking your | | | | So take a few minutes away from annoying your |
| heads in agreement. The other half are rolling their | | | | friends on MySpace and reminding your |
| eyes and thinking 106 guys? More like 313!. Just | | | | ex-classmates on FaceBook that you really do plan to |
| because you have 6,000+ friends on MySpace that | | | | see them this summer, and go register an account |
| all tell you you're hotter than Paris Hilton to get your | | | | on PicFights, or a similar website to not only see how |
| number, doesn't make you any hotter than the next | | | | hot you are but how truthful your friends are the |
| girl! Ouch. The possibility of that statement being | | | | next time they leave you comments! |