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Why do people find the need to write about themselves in third person? https://stevefrancia.com/ https://stevefrancia.com/
by karakal 10y ago
Why do people find the need to write about themselves in third person? https://stevefrancia.com/ https://stevefrancia.com/
- pgt 10y agoIt irks me too, but it is a convenient piece of ready-made press text that can be used for introducing you on stage or in other media.
- TurboHaskal 10y agoSo that others can spot the narcissist.
- amelius 10y agoIt's better than first person plural form :)
- bbcbasic 10y agoWe'd like to think so
- coriny 10y agoAs a habit it is bad, but this is actually standard for short bios. It allows it to be dropped in place directly for conferences, PR shots, news articles, etc without any rewrite.
- briceb8e 10y agoGreat to make it look like someone took the time to do a bio about you because you're important, while it's just you writing. Lack of self-confidence if you ask me.
- dagw 10y agoLack of self-confidence if you ask me. How do you figure? Every time I've been asked for a bio for a conference or similar, they've asked for it in third person. Reading bios in conference proceeding in first person would just come across as weird to me.
- whamlastxmas 10y agoThe difference is having a bio on a website about yourself versus a bio on a website about a lot of people. No one thinks that your johndoe.com site was made by your official fan club.
- jnordwick 10y agoYou really named your user account after WHAM!? That's fucking awesome. Tell me you're either George Michael or Andrew Ridgey in deep disguise... please please.
- whamlastxmas 10y agoJust another jitterbug, but you gotta have faith that I'm once bitten and twice shy.
- coriny 10y agoMaybe it looks like that to you because you're unfamiliar with this format? To me it looks like he's written a short bio that's ready for dropping into where it's needed. e.g. top hit on google: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/write-short-bio-yourself-57289.html http://smallbusiness.chron.com/write-short-bio-yourself-5728...
- packetslave 10y agopretty sure nobody asked you
- patates 10y agoI think it's just a convention that's used when writing "About The Author" sections. Not really a statement of personality.
- oneloop 10y agoI noticed that too. Also, "leader".