Signature Overload! - tooo many....argh!

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Post by Veteran » Tue Jul 13, 2004 3:24 pm

Okay, I'm aware that my signature is big, but this is getting out of hand. No one wants to see signatures with two hundred smileys or a list of someone's armory. There should be rules in place about how annoying your sig can be before you have to remove it. You guys must agree.

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Post by hyper9 » Tue Jul 13, 2004 3:32 pm

Like (random string of numbers)?

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Post by isoaker » Tue Jul 13, 2004 3:47 pm

^ while I'll remove sigs that are HUGE or questionable, different people like to have some freedom in how they can express themselves. Remember, one can also turn off viewing sigs in your Control Panel so if sigs annoy one or two, feel free to exercise that option. :cool:
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Post by Soakologist » Tue Jul 13, 2004 4:12 pm

iSc's right. I turned off Sig and Avatar viewing back in March on WWn. It cuts down a lot on load time too. I'd reccomend everyone do it. Some people's sigs just shout out, "Hye l@@k @ me! IMm teh n00b!!!!111eight" That's why I turned it off.

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Post by Falcon » Tue Jul 13, 2004 5:40 pm

My signature isn't too big or annoying, is it? I can get rid of it if it is.

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Post by Veteran » Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:46 pm

No, its fine. It's the smileys...

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Post by isoaker » Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:49 pm

The smileys in sigs? Hmm.. anyone else particularly annoyed by the use/overuse of smileys in members' sigs?
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Post by DoubleONothing » Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:16 pm

1356, whatever- he has a serious overusage of smilies in his Sig. And that bothers me.

But that just screams "IM TeH N0oB!!!!!!83 and a half111111 Witnes Mah N0o0ooo0o0obI3---NeSSSSSSS!!111!11!!!!!!£!19"




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Post by Soakologist » Tue Jul 13, 2004 9:59 pm

13579 does have an undue amount of smilies in his sig and it should be edited...
I too hate anymore than one or two smilies in sigs. Or posts, for that matter.

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Post by Iceman » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:57 pm

generally by the fanbase, having too many smilies in the signature can be an insult to the community as a whole. However he may not have known that many people do not approve of this. I say let 13579 and Isoaker talk it over. Ther should however, be a restriction on how big Sigs get. I mean I do not like sigs a page wide and high, it justs drives me away from the content of the post.
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Post by Veteran » Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:24 am

Soakologist wrote:13579 does have an undue amount of smilies in his sig and it should be edited...
I too hate anymore than one or two smilies in sigs. Or posts, for that matter.
Are you saying you don't like members to post more than once, or do you mean you don't like double posts?

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Post by DX » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:11 pm

He means smilies per post. It gets annoying if you include a string of smilies in posts. Double posts are n00bish too, though. Both should be avoided.
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Post by Soakologist » Wed Jul 14, 2004 8:31 pm

I really don't think that double posting was ever an issue. I thought that it was understood that it was to be avoided.

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Post by DX » Sat Jul 17, 2004 7:24 pm

At SSC there are quite a few people that haven't learned to use the edit button yet. There was also some member a while ago who decided to post the alphabet in a topic, 3 letters a post. Double posting isn't an issue here-someone reminds the poster in their response to a topic and that member learns.
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Post by isoaker » Sat Jul 17, 2004 7:35 pm

BTW What's the significance of the color of the lightbulb next to each member's name?

If it is yellow, that means that member is currently accessing the forums. :cool:
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Post by Field Marshal Yang » Sat Jul 17, 2004 7:47 pm

I've never had much experience finding hosting space and then using the URL of my image to get it as my signature. The one time I tried that (with an image form an existing site, though), my signatuire became a link, not the image itself. That's why I ended up going with the usual text signature.



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Post by trekkie00 » Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:05 pm

Just out of curiosity, is my sig too big? I can reduce the number of pictures, if you want...

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Post by Veteran » Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:17 pm

No trekkie, its fine. It's just, as mentioned by Cloud on WWn, putting your armory into your sig is, quoting him "N00bish" and I'll have to agree. Also the smileys are mind burning at times.

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