Whether you go for a candid black and white solo shot, a group picture with your squad or an eighties/nineties-tastic snap from your childhood, it’s likely you’ve put some thought into your social media profile picture and what it says about you.

But new research may have unlocked the key to living your best online life; letting a stranger pick one for you.

A team at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, carried out an investigation into the process by which people chose their profile pictures for the journal Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications.

This is why you should let a stranger choose your LinkedIn profile picture