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09/17/2003 01:07:41 PM · #1 |
| When signature content outweighs post content it's time to allow us to ignore signatures in posts. Some of them are really, really obnoxious (not unlike this post). |
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09/17/2003 01:09:11 PM · #2 |
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09/17/2003 01:13:55 PM · #3 |
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09/17/2003 01:17:39 PM · #4 |
In the mean time, you can filter them out yourself if you install Proxomitron.
See the info in this thread. |
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09/17/2003 01:22:47 PM · #5 |
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09/17/2003 02:41:09 PM · #6 |
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09/17/2003 02:47:16 PM · #7 |
Seconded... or thirded... or I guess it's about 7thed :)
I like my signature though :)
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09/17/2003 02:47:33 PM · #8 |
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09/17/2003 04:30:08 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by achiral:
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LOL. Agreed. |
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09/17/2003 05:27:55 PM · #10 |
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09/17/2003 05:28:20 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by EddyG:
In the mean time, you can filter them out yourself if you install Proxomitron.
See the info in this thread. |
Thing is we shouldn't have to get extra programs added to our computers to filter out the signatures.
Some people just have signatures that are out of control.
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09/17/2003 05:31:48 PM · #12 |
| Maybe we can be limited to 5 "signed" posts/day -- after that have code to strip them out. Then people can save their daily allowance for their most important posts. |
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09/19/2003 11:50:20 PM · #13 |
| On another forum I'm active in, your sig only shows on the first post in a give thread. All posts after that are naked, so to speak. |
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09/20/2003 03:14:47 AM · #14 |
I still don't get why they are so annoying to people..wait till you have kids. geeeeeessss...
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09/20/2003 05:02:26 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by Sonifo:
I still don't get why they are so annoying to people..wait till you have kids. geeeeeessss...
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Politics masked by something else.
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09/20/2003 11:38:57 AM · #16 |
How about limiting the sigs in volume? Counting charactors limiting graphics ect. I like my sig it's the only way you'll ever look at my gallery.
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09/20/2003 12:31:15 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by MarkS224:
How about limiting the sigs in volume? Counting charactors limiting graphics ect. I like my sig it's the only way you'll ever look at my gallery. |
That makes sense..
A limited (optional) graphic like it is in the profile (something like 190x120, if I remember well).
A limited number of chars (something like 255, including URLs)
And that's it.. you allow for fantasy, diversity, individuality and communication with really no risk for the forum...
If somebody comes along with bandwidth considerations.. well.. this is a photos-based website.. what influence can have a limited signature??
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09/20/2003 02:10:14 PM · #18 |
it's the photos in sigs that I don't like. Particularly when one person has posted many times within the same thread. People could be choose to be a little more respectful by not clicking the "show signature" box EVERY time. A little self-policing as it were.
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Message edited by author 2003-09-20 14:10:45. |
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09/20/2003 02:14:01 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by Pedro:
it's the photos in sigs that I don't like. Particularly when one person has posted many times within the same thread. People could be choose to be a little more respectful by not clicking the "show signature" box EVERY time. A little self-policing as it were. |
Maybe it should default to "off" with every post, so people would have to deliberately select it with each post. As things are now, once you select "show signature" it remains active until you deliberately uncheck it, and I'm sure most people just hit the "post" button without even looking down there.
Message edited by author 2003-09-20 14:14:57. |
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09/20/2003 02:22:15 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Pedro:
it's the photos in sigs that I don't like. Particularly when one person has posted many times within the same thread. People could be choose to be a little more respectful by not clicking the "show signature" box EVERY time. A little self-policing as it were. |
Maybe it should default to "off" with every post, so people would have to deliberately select it with each post. As things are now, once you select "show signature" it remains active until you deliberately uncheck it, and I'm sure most people just hit the "post" button without even looking down there. |
sounds like a perfect solution. then we'd know people were being intentionally intrusive ;) |
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09/20/2003 02:52:35 PM · #21 |
Well, I am surprised we are missing what's the main point of the signature here, when it is small and it contains little graphics.
Internet forums have evolved over years and the most advanced ones include a little graphic which is descriptive of the character of the person who posts.
Theoretically, that little graphic could be better hosted in this forum in the rectangular box at the left of the post itself (under the username).
However, the reason for that graphic (apart from who fancies it and who does not) is pretty evident. The longer the thread, the lesser easy is to find a specific post inside it.
Those little graphics (usually called avatars - as the character representing the person) quickly help in identifying in a long thread who posted what, helping to find information and follow the thread history..
That's how it works with avatars (little graphic)...
And I still wonder how they can be considered intrusive if that term was referring all sort of graphic in a post signature.
Message edited by author 2003-09-20 14:54:52.
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09/20/2003 03:44:31 PM · #22 |
| You may abuse the term (avatar) to all your liking, but purpose will not yield from it. They add needless space to discussions. The point is not that they should be restricted or banned altogether, but that we should have an option not to see signatures. |
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09/20/2003 04:08:43 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by dwoolridge:
.....They add needless space to discussions.... |
Just for the sake of the conversation. I described the benefit of individual little graphic in my previous point, so their space it is not exactly needless..
However, if it is about space, I still wonder why we are discussing about the space taken by little graphics while we have, here, a large left box in with just the user icon, the name, the camera and various inches of unused space...
I mean.. technically what you are criticizing is very questionable.. so questionable that all the most recent forums do include little individual "signature" graphic (that you may call avatar or as you like..)
edited to add the following
I agree that to have a user option to do not include signatures does not harm anybody. It does not cut off a feature that can be considered useful (or just nice) by somebody, while it would exclude that feature to the eyes of whoever "hates" it.
Message edited by author 2003-09-20 16:12:42.
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09/20/2003 04:21:25 PM · #24 |
most forums have pretty tight limits on the signatures that appear on the bottom of a post, and most wont even allow graphics. Instead, those forums have a dedicated avatar on the left, as glimpses describes. They are very similar in size as our own "profile" photo, but it appears in all our posts. They serve a dual purpose really.. For the owner of the post, it serves as a way of showing off an "online persona" .. usually the avatars aren't anything more that scribles , but it's their creation. For the other users seeing his post, it serves as a way of identifying him easily when skimming through a thread.
i'll bring the example of an other forum i go to where avatars are used by almost everyone..
//forums.splutterfish.com/viewtopic.php?t=1670
if the topic of the thread doesn't necessarily interest me, thats fine, but i can skim it.. and see a nice blue avatar... thats ZeBoxx's avatar (alot faster than reading names) and i automatically read his posts. Why? cuz he's my friend and he's smart and knows what he's talking about. I always like to see what he has to say, and avatars let me find him easily. You also sort-of identify the user with his avatar eventually, and maybe even give him a "virtual voice" (in your head) based on it. All in all, it just makes an online community be better able to recognise it's members.. I'd welcome the addicition of an avatar on the lefthand unused space in this forum, as it would avoid the need for any graphics in the signature.
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09/20/2003 05:20:23 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by glimpses:
I described the benefit of individual little graphic in my previous point, so their space it is not exactly needless.. |
What you described was your own perceived benefit; it does not apply to me. I'm interested in forum content, not some affectation. Threading adds to discussion organization. Searching allows one to find old posts quickly. Filtering gives one the ability to pare down discussions. It's just easier to allow people to throw up some obnoxious graphic, rather than contribute code to facillitate threading, searching, and filtering. |
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