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Q&A Referring to oneself in first vs. third person in online profiles

It's just a matter of style whether you want your "profile" to look as if it's written by you, or by someone else. Follow your own inclination unless you're doing it in a context where someone els...

posted 13y ago by FumbleFingers‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:46:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/3387
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar FumbleFingers‭ · 2019-12-08T01:46:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
It's just a matter of style whether you want your "profile" to look as if it's written by you, or by someone else.

Follow your own inclination unless you're doing it in a context where someone else (the site, your employer, etc.) sets the rules. In which case do what they say.

I'd be surprised if any Writers.SE members have refered to themselves as _He_ in their profiles. It seems a bit silly to do that if there's _no_ possibility that someone else wrote the profile. But I imagine people sometimes do this to give the impression they're so busy they don't have time to do the write-up themselves, but so important someone else will do it for them.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-07-19T05:11:38Z (over 13 years ago)
Original score: 8