Hi, this post is mainly suggestions from me about what to write on your profile. More suggestions are welcome. Please feel free to remove this thread if this topic already exists somewhere I couldn’t find. I strongly recommend noting these on top of your profile: ・Your expertise or special inter…

Thank you for sharing! Nice profile. Somehow I can’t access to http://www.janebirdwatcher.com . Are you sure it’s the right address? EDIT: Never mind, it’s just an example

And is XYZ University an accredited school? I believe this was meant to be an example profile.

Ahhhhhh you’re right, silly me XD

To avoid this confusion, IANA has a specification, RFC6761 which lists some reserved domain names, which can be used for such examples: https://www.example.com/ https://www.example.org/ https://www.example.net/

Shorter is better. People will skim, not read paragraphs.

[image] invertebratist: Especially if you are an identifier, writing your profile in a way people can see your expertise is very very important That sounds like an appeal to authority fallacy to me. “I’m right because I’m an expert. I even have a book to prove it.” This sort of thing invites …

Maybe not two sentencs, but some have profile bios that can take a good hour to read and visit all the links. Maybe if you already have a lot there, adding your favourite quotes is kinda too much.

Thank you @cthawley and @jdmore . My personal website has links to where people can buy the books but also has links to Google Books to see previews etc. And the blog page has current photos, some of which are repeats of photos loaded to iNat. Next time I update my iNat profile I’ll add the website l…

? people who read profile descriptions lack critical thought? That is an interesting spin.

[image] kevintoo: “I’m right because I’m an expert. I even have a book to prove it.” There’s one situation where I do look for those kinds of credentials on profiles, although less in the context of “I’m right” and more as proof that someone has a vested interest in something because they’re …

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