Do you read signatures?

[trekkiedane]

I just noticed a funny signature that I hadn't noticed before.

It had me wondering how long it had actually been there. You see, I normally don't bother reading the signatures, I find them disrupting to the flow of normal conversation in a thread -but not enough to actually switch them off though.

How about you?

On a scale from 0 -meaning that you have them switched off, to 10 -meaning that you read them so often that you know most of them by heart and could identify almost any poster by their sig.

 

[Ashu]

I do but i dont, it depends on how bored I am, or how much of a discation I need. And lately, it's been happening a lot more than normal with school.

 

[WillsBabe]

9. Read them all the time. I've read some really great ones that have made me laugh and given me pause for thought. I might be able to identify a couple of posters by their sigs alone, so I voted 9, not 10. On a side note, I'm glad this board doesn't allow picutres in sigs. I find that totally disrputive and really hate the look of an image-ridden board.

 

[Australis]

I usually glance at them. Some are quite witty. Some are dull. I should also point out I rarely click on links in sigs. Sometimes just seems a little pushy.

ETA: totally agree with WillsBabe - no photos/images in sigs!

 

[M'Sharak]

On a scale from 0 -meaning that you have them switched off, to 10 -meaning that you read them so often that you know most of them by heart and could identify almost any poster by their sig.

I put 7 -- I don't make a point of reading every one and I don't always remember which sig belongs with which poster, but I still do keep an eye open for good ones, whether they're informative, funny or whatever.

 

[Ashu]

9. Read them all the time. I've read some really great ones that have made me laugh and given me pause for thought. I might be able to identify a couple of posters by their sigs alone, so I voted 9, not 10. On a side note, I'm glad this board doesn't allow picutres in sigs. I find that totally disrputive and really hate the look of an image-ridden board.

I totally agree, pics would push me towards leaving the bbs =/

 

[trekkiedane]

pics would push me towards leaving the bbs =/

While I, too, agree with our 'no pics in sigs' policy, signatures can be switched off and images can be blocked (which I on occasion have felt it necessary to do with avatars.)

 

[tharpdevenport]

I chose five, though I should mention I read no one's signature in this thread. Eh.

 

[Hermiod]

pics would push me towards leaving the bbs =/

While I, too, agree with our 'no pics in sigs' policy, signatures can be switched off and images can be blocked (which I on occasion have felt it necessary to do with avatars.)

People shouldn't have to take matters in to their own hands like that.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I put an eight. I generally notice if someone's sig changes, but after reading it a couple times kind of tune it out.

 

[Deckerd]

I read them when I remember. I never click on links in them. Some people say my sig robs my posts of seriousness but I say 'what seriousness'?

 

[captcalhoun]

yes, but i mostly tune them out after a while

 

[RoJoHen]

I remember sigs that have been there for a while, but I don't always remember who they belong to. I usually read them on the final post on the page.

 

[The Master of Tarquin Hill]

5

If the poster shows an appreciable degree of intelligence, I will read their signature as well.

 

[Kestra]

Eight. I usually read signatures, but I find I skip over them if I'm reading a thread in TNZ or elsewhere that has a ridiculous amount of posts. A lot of them totally fly over my head, too. I could probably identify some posters by their sigs, and I like the additional personality they add to a poster's character. I also click on links quite often and enjoy reading LJs and other blogs.

 

[SalvorHardin]

I'd say I'm a 4 or 5.
Don't read them as much as I could

 

[MetalPants]

I always read the signatures, but I couldn't identify people by them.

Some of them have really stuck with me.

 

[Ashu]

5

If the poster shows an appreciable degree of intelligence, I will read their signature as well.

Its funny though, cause sometimes all the person's intelligence winds up in the signature, not the post. Kind of like hope that
s trapped in the bottom of pandora's jar.

 

[Jim Steele]

I hope people do.

 

[Deckerd]

For the most part, the 'wisdom' in the sig is not of the poster's own genius.