老外震惊：风景、动物、动漫人物……中国人的社交头像怎么不用自己照片？丨夜听双语(4)

美国知乎Quora上也有不少人有相同的疑问：
Why do Chinese tend not to use photos of themselves as their social network image?
为什么中国人在社交媒体上不倾向于使用自己的照片作为头像？
Why do Westerners tend to use real personal photos as profile images, while Chinese tend to use cartoons or animal images instead?
为什么西方人喜欢用真人照片作头像，而中国人喜欢用卡通图片或者动物图片作头像？
答主Ryan Chang的观点跟上面评论区类似，都谈到了隐私、含蓄、谦逊
。
Chinese people take privacy seriously.
中国人重视隐私。
Also, a Chinese person may think they look ugly even though they don"t. Westerners often think they look good/beautiful even when they don"t.
而且，中国人是即便长得好看也觉得自己长得不好看，西方人可能是自己长得一般也会觉得自己长得好看。

另外一位答主Song Yunchen则指向了一个更主动的动机——表达
。
Most of the time, Chinese take WeChat profile pictures as a chance to make a statement. A statement of how they wanna be perceived.