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+# MSC4440: Profile Biography via Global Profiles
+
+A lot of users, especially those switching to Matrix from other platform (e.g. Discord) are finding Matrix
+lacking for not providing a way to write information about themselves, e.g. their interests, and having
+others be able to view that. Several clients already have their own, client-specific implementations of a
+biography field via extended global profiles, creating a split in the ecosystem.
+To bring back standardization, this proposal defines a standardized biography field on top of [MSC4133](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/4133).
+
+## Proposal
+
+Profiles may have an optional `m.biography` field as object. These fields can be fetched through the [profile API endpoints](https://spec.matrix.org/unstable/client-server-api/#profiles).
+Clients should display the biography of a user in their respective user popup/profile view UI.
+
+### Examples
+
+Plaintext only:
+```json
+{
+  "m.biography": {
+    "m.text": [
+      { "body": "hello world!\n\ninterests:\n-  programming\n-  matrix\n-  sleeping\n-  petting cats" }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+with HTML formatting:
+```json
+{
+  "m.biography": {
+    "m.text": [
+      { "body": "hello world!<br/><br/>interests:<br/><ul data-md=\"-\"><li><p>programming</p></li><li><p>matrix</p></li><li><p>sleeping</p></li><li><p>petting cats</p></li></ul><br/><img data-mx-emoticon src=\"mxc://fomx.gay/ICgRWFY6HWvMVVrHRqr7MYMLiTCgWxpl\" alt=\"bwaa\" title=\"bwaa\" height=\"32\" />", "mimetype": "text/html" },
+      { "body": "hello world!\n\ninterests:\n-  programming\n-  matrix\n-  sleeping\n-  petting cats" }
+    ]
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The `m.biography` object should hold an ordered `m.text` array as defined by [MSC1767](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/matthew/msc1767/proposals/1767-extensible-events.md)
+/ extensible events.
+Clients may wish to add formatting to their biography in forms of an HTML-formatted representation of the
+body in the same format as [formatted messages](https://spec.matrix.org/v1.18/client-server-api/#mroommessage-msgtypes),
+in which case clients should prefer rendering that one instead.
+
+## Potential issues
+
+Unsure?
+
+## Alternatives
+
+Maybe linking a pastebin URL in your username?
+Potentially setting an m.presence status_msg could work too, though that is much more limited.
+
+## Security considerations
+
+- Malicious actors could set an unreasonably long bio, potentially lagging or even crashing clients, if length
+stays unlimited.
+- Additional T&S concerns, e.g. moderation and when clients should (not) render a users biography.
+One possible consideration could be disallowing clients from rendering a biography once a users' membership
+event has been redacted or they've been banned from the current room, while not sharing further rooms with
+the viewer. This approach would be similar to Discord in terms of UX.
+
+## Unstable prefix
+
+Clients implementing this MSC early may use the profile key `gay.fomx.biography`.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+None.