oomis: i want to be on the site to see if anyone i know is engaged or married or whatever. why cant it be done in a tzniusdika manner. even if the pic is not tasteless its still not tznius for the whole world to see you.
Why? What exactly do you find immodest? I think there might be an inyan that people are afraid of ayin hara for some reason. If there are pictures of people hugging or whatever, then a person who is makpid should not be looking at those pictures. But if you are going to see pictures of your friend’s vort (though if they believe as you do, then there are no pics there, either, so again, what’s the kasha?), then you are not there to look at strangers. people who care about it, will not post pics. People who DO want to post, clearly do not care who sees their pictures. Either way, I think there are far more serious tznius issues, though i recognize that this bothers you a great deal.
Incidentally, do you feel it is untzniusdig for say Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis to have her picture appear in the Jewish Press every week. Should she stop speaking in public, because many people consider that, too, to be untzniusdig? Should Devorah Haneviah refrained from leading Klal Yisroel in Sefer Shoftim? Not only was she the shofetes, she led the army into battle. For every notion that something is untzniusdig, there might be a different opinion that is ain’t necessarily so. Actually, I am more concerned with ayin hara being a good reason for not doing this.