A TikTok video from creator @shane.wilson0712 has sparked a full-blown debate after advising women to remove photos showcasing their accomplishments from dating profiles. His claim: those photos create expectations that lead men to reject women without giving them a chance. The video, posted October 20, has since pulled in 34.6 million views, with a comments section that overwhelmingly disagreed.
Critics pushed back hard, arguing that achievement photos exist precisely to filter out people who feel threatened by success. One top comment put it bluntly: women post that information to weed out the men who can’t handle a successful partner. Another compared the advice to an adult pretending to lose a board game so a toddler’s feelings don’t get hurt. The internet, as usual, did not hold back.
The whole thing touches a nerve because dating profile etiquette lives at the crossroads of self-promotion and insecurity, and everyone has an opinion. So we have to ask: would you ever hide your wins to make your profile more“approachable,”or do you let the accomplishments speak for themselves? Sound off below.
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