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.
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
https://twitter.com/1ewis_cox/status/1176743882555609088
Man, it’s a pity I can’t fit the entirety of Team RWBY as my Twitter header pic.twitter.com/3bSQD8Cbl9
— Cynga, Pressmaster™💢 (@cyngapra) September 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/myhumbleproject/status/1176839849564729345
https://twitter.com/aizhawas/status/1176679858593828865
Wish i could fit all our PL trophies in my header 😢 pic.twitter.com/0lcqCn8ZWC
— 🌊 (@Vintage_Cfc) September 25, 2019
Damn I can’t fit the best NBA duo of all time in my header pic.twitter.com/3JndOoKtzJ
— Gagan Samra (@GaganSamra610) September 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/myouimina/status/1176495053771952129
Even a single person can be difficult sometimes.
Ugh, can't fit this picture of the greatest guitar player in my header😫 pic.twitter.com/Ti02EmdFDm
— Club Red (@UMClubRed) September 25, 2019
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.
https://twitter.com/dahyunsblink/status/1176863378545020930
i can't figure out how to fit this in my header how do i- pic.twitter.com/Kj9cG6O6P5
— reese (@yeongwonhichil) September 25, 2019
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
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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