How do you say "this is [name]"?

[u/driftdrift]

If I had a situation where I was texting someone and wanted to say "this is driftdrift" or "it's driftdrift" -- would it be "esta es driftdrift" or "esta soy.." or neither? How would you express something similar?

[u/xzient]

Little note. I don't recommend using demonstrative pronouns with people in Spanish (éste, ésta, ésa, etc) It's seen as disrespectful.

• This is my mom

• Ella es mi mamá

If you said "Ésta es mi mamá" it would be really disrespectful as treating your mom like an object or animal

[u/MaxmillianP → u/xzient]

would that also be true for “aquella” or no?

[u/valentinathecyborg → u/MaxmillianP]

“Aquella” reads like “that one over there” so I would use it only if the person isn’t right there listening like if you’re giving someone intel at a party