I once got banned from a discord server because one of the MTF mods had a really creepy, over-filtered monochrome selfie as a profile pic. This was a couple years back where I was in a very bad mental state and it was enough to make me uncomfortable seeing it pop up all the time, seriously it was like something out of a horror movie and honestly I thought that was the intent/that this user was being edgy.

So I asked politely that it was changed and explained that it was kind of uncanny. MTF mod proceeds to have an e-tantrum complete with crytyping acting like I'm being deliberately offensive, whines about me being "transphobic", and bans me.

It's funny because I posted a pic of myself in that same server before and everyone bitched about how I looked "fake" "like a doll" and accused me of editing in a really rude way.

The good news is that most people who edit/overfilter their selfies are not very good at it, you can usually tell when someone's airbrushed their skin to the uncanny valley or it's the snapchat big eye filter.

The bad news is that some filters are getting better and better at replicating, such as some of those ones who do "gender swap" filters. They're not perfect but you could definitely be fooled at a glance or if you're not looking closely. I think I remember a video of a guy with a convincing "girl filter" on, then it zooms out and reveals he's a dude.

Trans or not you should never hide your appearance. You need to find someone who appreciates you for how you really are and if you avoid that you're asking for trouble.