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LOL @ 3rd person
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Yeah I really find that odd. If you are referring to yourself please don't take in third person.
Wait.... some companies write personal websites or linkedin profiles for their staff?
That seems like a terrible idea.
I could see if its an official corporate bio or something - but a company should never touch an employee's personal accounts or sites.
I used to visit a forum where one of the posters referred to himself in the third person. His/her posts would say stuff like "Harrier is not sure Harrier think's that's a good idea". It was like debating with Elmo.
Hmm... A snippet of code that automatically replaced every "I" found in a post with the user's name would be a great prank.
In those cases it's fine.
But I'm talking about cases in which the person is writing directly about themselves. They're the ones actually typing out the letters on the keyboard about themselves.
That's really weird.
I can see using the royal "we" -- for example, posting on your own site something like, "We here at Irony.com don't believe in coincidences."
But to refer to yourself in the third person? That only works if your website is multiplepersonalitydisorder.com.
I can see using the royal "we" -- for example, posting on your own site something like, "We here at Irony.com don't believe in coincidences."
But to refer to yourself in the third person? That only works if your website is multiplepersonalitydisorder.com.
This is what I thought.
Symptom of a highly narcissistic society? 3rd person implies someone writing about you, you are therefore an object worthy of attention and too important or busy to write it yourself. Lets face it, social media has become a home for a demographic completely obsessed with themselves.
Huntn says "It's not appropriate to write about one's self in the third person".
... So Huntn is predictable.
... So Huntn is predictable.
