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People are complaining that their favorite pictures won’t fit in the Twitter header

How does one express one’s true self in a 3:1 ratio?

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David Britton

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If you have a Facebook or Twitter account, you’ve probably spent more time than you care to admit picking out your header image. If your profile picture is the face you show to the world, your header image is the front of your house. It’s the first thing people see when they come over to visit. You want to tell the world what you’re all about in one single image. Oh, and it has to be the right dimensions.

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Recently, people have taken to Twitter to complain, either in earnest or tongue-in-cheek, about how their perfect header image won’t fit. While Facebook uses a slight boxier 820 x 312-pixel header size, Twitter uses a slimmer 1500 x 500, a ratio that apparently chops off heads like the proletariate during the French Revolution.

https://twitter.com/brenb1120/status/1176851491090509824

https://twitter.com/jaimeelcnnister/status/1175838776985305090

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https://twitter.com/1ewis_cox/status/1176743882555609088

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https://twitter.com/myhumbleproject/status/1176839849564729345

https://twitter.com/aizhawas/status/1176679858593828865

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https://twitter.com/myouimina/status/1176495053771952129

Even a single person can be difficult sometimes.

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https://twitter.com/thfcmahfuz/status/1176866865760669697

https://twitter.com/cleandaylight/status/1176865412899856384

And, as multiple people pointed out, it gets even harder when you try to be really inclusive.

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https://twitter.com/dahyunsblink/status/1176863378545020930

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https://twitter.com/bltraz/status/1176842258387070978

The ratio is so restrictive that there are even some concepts that won’t fit.

https://twitter.com/clarionogy/status/1176672948586835968

https://twitter.com/hcllyoaks/status/1176858169810833412

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https://twitter.com/kyspa93s/status/1176558899039744011

It’s a rough world out there on social media, but it’s important to count your blessings. At least the profile picture is round.

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