Third person and first person writing is difficult to compare though...
Third person frees the writer up in terms of narrative, prose and flexibility in where the story goes.
First person can often ground the writer a bit more but as a plus it's much easier to describe a person's feelings and can create a more meaningful story in somewhere (writing through a rapist's point of view for example is pretty dark as they'll try and justify what they are doing in their mixed up head).
In the end I actually prefer third person but I often find myself writing in first person too.
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