[OT] Noisy Profiles of Posters

[Shalimar]

I think any post where the sig is longer then the post itself is offensive. I don't really want to be scrolling through threads that are 3/4ths sig. I think that 3 lines would be pretty good ballpark, so long as your post is at least 6. I mean what do you want us to pay attention to? Your collosal sig, or what you have actually posted?

 

[seasong]

If you took the top paragraph of the care bear sig, and shrunk the care bear image down to match that height, your sig would probably be fine.

In general, sigs are advertising banners - they are advertising you, the stuff you write, the place you work, etc. It should be compact and tasteful (whether I've succeeded, below, is difficult to say).

Also, for those who don't like the pictures, you can turn them off. Go to your user profile, click on "Edit Options" at the top, go 2/3rds of the way down the page and look for:

Show user's signatures in their posts? yes no
Show user's avatar in their posts? yes no
Show image attachments and code in Posts? yes no
[i][size=1]Selecting no will show a hyperlink instead.[/size][/i]

The first option is the one I would go with, since it is a rare day indeed that a sig holds important information.

 

[seasong]

I think any post where the sig is longer then the post itself is offensive.

I tend to agree with this, also . My sig is a bit bigger than that, but I also try to remove it whenever I'm doing short posts.

Removing the sig when you're posting a lot in a thread is also a good rule of thumb, although that's harder for me to remember to do.

[momentary hijack]Shalimar, is that image from Mark Smylie's Artesia, or from something he's done for WotC?[/hijack]

 

[Dragongirl]

All but the largest of sigs would be ok if only people would learn to only show it ONCE in a thread.

 

[Shalimar]

[momentary hijack]Shalimar, is that image from Mark Smylie's Artesia, or from something he's done for WotC?[/hijack]

Um, I got it of the exalted art pages.

 

[seasong]

Wow. At that resolution, it REALLY looks like his work. Sorry 'bout that .

 

[krunchyfrogg]

All but the largest of sigs would be ok if only people would learn to only show it ONCE in a thread.

I wholeheartedly agree.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Okay. I did not expect this many people to reply, so I have made a decision:

I am gonna start a poll as to whether or not the care bear should go. After three days of voting, then the majority will have it!

Viva la democracie pour ENWorld!!

EDIT: I'll put the poll in another forum while I'm at it. (It was put into Meta.)

Don't start a poll on this as it will be an OT poll and will be locked in short order.

You're sig is too large. At the very least you should not be posting it after every post you make to a thread. Just uncheck the little box under the text box when you post that says 'show signature'.

I didn't knwo that there was a way to get rid of these images in sigs without getting rid of sigs altogether - MY problems are solved!

 

[tburdett]

Hey. I've just noticed that over the last little while I have gotten a pretty noisy profile. I have two sigs, a quiz (I love my care bear ) and an avatar.

Anyways, I ran into an issue. Just how noisy can a profile get before it gets annoying? Stupid thoughts running through my sleep deprived mind (I hate the paper writing crunch time).

Before I figured out that vBulletin supports a feature to 'turn off all that eyesore crap' the stuff really annoyed me. I'd look at it and feel my blood pressure rise. I was headed for an early grave.

Now, via the wonder of check boxes and mouse clicks I no longer see any of that eyesore crap, so it's not annoying me at all! I feel much, much better!

I love the 'turn off all that eyesore crap' feature that vBulletin makes available and wholeheartedly endorse its use! If the stuff bothers you, don't hate and flame, just click and be on your way!

This was not a paid promotional announcement, no animals were harmed during the posting of this message, and this message is not valid in the state of Kentucky.

(It's been a slow night at work and this really helped to pass the time.)

 

[KitanaVorr]

I agree about the sigs sometimes getting annoying after a while. I've seem some truly obnoxious sigs where it basically runs nearly 8 lines of text (not even including the pictures!)

I'm all for using a sig once in a thread then turning it off. Or just not showing the sig if the content of your post is shorter than the sig itself. Of course turning off all sigs is a choice, but then I like seeing a sig at least once for personalization.

EDIT:

P.S.

I love care bears.....