[RANT] I know it's been said before but...

[Djeta Thernadier]

...what is up with people who have bigger sig quotes than most of their posts? I have seen so many posts that have about 2 words in them , followed by a signature that is a good paragraph followed by a link of some sort and a picture.

Gah!!!!!!!!

Maybe I'm just getting cantankerous with my sprained ankle but really, why do people need to have entire disserations as their signature??? I can't possibly be the only one who gets annoyed by this!

I mean, have a link, have a quote or two (or heck, have 3, 4) or even a paragraph in smaller, different colored font! But for pete's sake there is no need for a novel!

Grrrr.

[/rant]

EDIT : And as a courtesy to others, I have just made my already small sig, even smaller.

 

[Crothian]

I agree...you can also always report them and ask the mods to request that they shorten them.

 

[Piratecat]

When you notice it, report the post by clicking the small exclamation point icon below their name. A moderator will take a glance and politely ask them to reduce the size if it's deemed too long.

All part of the friendly service!

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

Thanks PC. That I shall do.

 

[Len]

I can't possibly be the only one who gets annoyed by this!

You're not. The worst are the ones with images wider than my browser window that screw up the formatting. I've taken to browsing with signatures turned off.

 

[trancejeremy]

What I don't get is, why allow images in sigs at all? AFAIK, there is no good purpose for doing so.

And why not put a limit, 3 lines or so?

 

[Piratecat]

Because we don't want to, mostly. And people who prefer to turn them off, so it's all good.

Len, let us know when you see problem images.

 

[BSF]

Heck, I feel bad about the length of my .sig at times. But, I have tried to keep it as small as I can.

 

[Emiricol]

Sadly, everyone has a different gauge of what is "too long". I think 6 lines of text is too long. Anything less than that space (including pictures) is fine with me.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

I usually make sure not to repost my signature each time I respond to a thread, and I've noticed that some other folks do as well. This helps somewhat, IMO.

Best,
Nick