I do not write that many posts about the process of blogging, and I have already done one this morning, but I feel the need to do a second.
As some readers here will have noticed, I have begun a new series of posts under the generic title “Richard Murphy's view on...”.
Having chosen that generic title, I have then drafted these in the third person because they are designed for sharing and as a means of accessing some of my thinking on particular subjects, as well as related reading lists. So far, most have linked to more than 20 other posts on this blog.
However, that choice to write in the third person, as if I am writing about myself, appears to be upsetting some people, and they have suggested that these should be drafted in the first person, or as explicitly personal opinion, instead.
I can see the argument for both approaches, and before going much further into this series, for which I have around 90 titles listed at present, I would like some guidance from you as to which approach I should use.
Might you therefore be willing to complete this poll, which might help me decide?
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I don’t care (as long as the intro makes it clear how/why the 3rd person is used, which at the moment, it doesn’t – although you did explain this at the beginning of the series. A bit of boilerplate text saying, “Richard has used AI to analyse his writings on this topic, hence the use of the 3rd person “he”, rather than the 1st.
Every day, someone arrives fresh, knowing nothing of what you have already explained.
KUTGW!
Thanks
I thought that you did these as a thought experiment and let AI sum up your views as an ‘objective’ source to present your ideas? I thought that was quite clever, since AI is not affiliated to any political party or world view (but then again, at the design stage, maybe it is and it could be).
That is what I am doing…
Perhaps they need a note explaining that instead
Thanks