Why do chess.com players put up fake pictures of themselves as their profile picture?

Recently it came to my attention that there are many chess players here on chess.com that aren't honest about who they are and what they look like.  Players are finding pictures of other people, and pretending to be them here on chess.com.

Why do they do this?  It can be very misleading and heaven only knows what they're up to.  I just don't trust them.  Is it severe personal insecurity?  Maybe it's an elaborate scheme to have us buy something we shouldn't.  I'm not sure, needs to be stopped.

A couple of notable users responsible for this behavior: agmchess https://www.chess.com/member/agmchess, whatupy0dog https://www.chess.com/member/whatupy0dog, and especially, BackrankK https://www.chess.com/member/BackrankK.  What is your motivation?  Comment below.

Is there something wrong with wanting privacy on the Internet?

Yeah, I'm me, too. I can't stand people who use fake avatars.

No, but these players aren't being private, they're lying to the public

My avatar is a recent photo of myself.

So by your logic I'm lying as well, as I have a TV character as my profile pic. They're not pretending to be the person; they probably just like the picture.

I photoshopped mine 

If you look closely at my posted pic, you should be able to see me on the left side window of the space needle. Not fake here and no insecurities...however, posting a "Real" personal photo and pretending to be that to lure others beside playing chess is another matter... welcome to the world of Internet.

It is severe personal insecurity in the same way you put Justin Bieber's pic as your Facebook profile photo.

A year later...................................

 I am a real man with real photo of myself, ( an old photo of 2 years I think).

 My photo and name on here is of Antonio Esfandiari, because I am his #1 fan and I want everyone to know who he is

Fake pictures of themselves? Like, if they are photoshopped to eliminate wrinkles?

 @backrankk You're on to something. It's a conspiracy!

You must really be short. Magnus isn't that tall, ya know!

It's fine putting up a photo that obviously isn't you - I am not a shoe - or a photo of a celebrity. But a photo of an ordinary person does seem odd.