Idea: No Quick Post Sigs

St Leo · December 28, 2002, 19:23

Is there a reason for Quick Posts to have sigs? IMHO, autodisabling sigs for posts made using the form at the bottom of a thread would save a lot of bandwidth without removing a single Newton of individuality.

MarkG · December 28, 2002, 19:37

interesting idea, but i'd thing something else would be better: not showing sigs in short posts(say, something like less than 3 lines of texts). i thing it would make pages less cluttered

Frozzy · December 28, 2002, 21:08

I agree with Markos. I always use quick reply, whether its a long post or a short note like this. 3 lines and under with no sigs sounds good to me.

alva · December 28, 2002, 21:47

Don't know if it's possible or not. Why not show them only once per thread (max)

Even if you make 2 or 3 or 8 posts, your sig would only show up once, seems more then enough to me

ot: Don't know if you have noticed, but auto censor isn't functioning as it should... (not that it bothers me, but others could be offended)

St Leo · December 29, 2002, 02:55

interesting idea, but i'd thing something else would be better: not showing sigs in short posts(say, something like less than 3 lines of texts). i thing it would make pages less cluttered

I hope you are definining a line in terms of the number of characters and not in terms of CRLFs/EOLs.

ixnay · December 29, 2002, 03:33

Displaying sigs once per thread or once per page would be nice if possible. Other idea: add a "Display signature" checkbox next to the quick reply box to make it optional, possibly defaulting it to unchecked.

Although since Apolyton doesn't allow images in signatures I'm not as annoyed by repeated signatures as I am at other forums.

spartak · December 29, 2002, 05:13

Why not abolish sigs all together and save a ton of bandwidth as well?

Well, some of us aren't any good at thinking up sigs anyway...

VJ · December 29, 2002, 07:16

Hummm, I always use Quick Reply, it's way too slow to use the post reply one, and
I don't need the data for anything, anyways...

MarkG · December 29, 2002, 07:18

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Why not abolish sigs all together and save a ton of bandwidth as well?

you CAN save some of your bandwidth

Solver · December 29, 2002, 10:08

Sigs don't take that much bandiwth, they only have to be downloaded once for every poster

.

Then, I don't think the original suggestion is good, as I always use quick reply, ever since it was introduced. Except for those cases when I want to quote a full post and click that button, but it's rare.

DarkCloud · December 29, 2002, 13:38

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interesting idea, but i'd thing something else would be better: not showing sigs in short posts(say, something like less than 3 lines of texts). i thing it would make pages less cluttered

Mark- that's a great idea. Short posts (like this) really clutter up the pages when people have 3-4 line signatures!

moomin · December 29, 2002, 14:45

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Originally posted by Solver
Sigs don't take that much bandiwth, they only have to be downloaded once for every poster

.

So long as Poly serves html, they're sent along with every post and thus take up bandwidth. Not that it matters - if saving bw was a concern, surely avatars would be forst in line for a nice shaving.

But they do introduce significant amounts of clutter. I'm all for a system that reduces them w/oput eliminating them entirely - sometimes ppl stick some useful stuff in there, after all.

Solver · December 29, 2002, 16:02

Hmm, I don't care about bandwith frankly

. I'm doing just fine with it

.

Thrawn05 · December 29, 2002, 16:11

I say leave it alone, although I never use quick posts since I like to use my trademarked "Dead Smily" message icon on the top of all of my posts.

Even with the auto-disable avatar feature, the site is still the same when it comes to traffic. From 3pm to 5pm EST (MTWTF) it's always too slow as before the feature.

Perhaps most people should do what I do, when it takes longer then normal to even surf the forums, come back another time.

Panag · December 29, 2002, 17:40

hi ,

, touching the sig is not good , its a part of apolyton , its heritage !

have a nice day

Apocalypse · December 29, 2002, 18:46

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Originally posted by panag
hi ,

, touching the sig is not good , its a part of apolyton , its heritage !

have a nice day

It is part of most forums, its not heritage.

Panag · December 29, 2002, 18:52

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Originally posted by Apocalypse

It is part of most forums, its not heritage.

hi ,

its part of apolyton , so therefore its "heritage" , ....

those sig's are to good to ever be removed , read Mark's sig , how else can one express himself as an individual , how else can Firaxis be told of things , .....etc , ....

we should keep them , no matter what .

have a nice evening

Thrawn05 · December 29, 2002, 22:33

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Originally posted by Apocalypse

It is part of most forums, its not heritage.

This may be some surprise to most, but most MBs are removing sigs because of people using them for commerical reasons.

Apolyton is the only forum out there that I know of that has all the functional, enjoyable features.

Most forums don't even let you quote a reply, and usualy don't tell you which forum you posted in or who last posted.

Almost all don't let you upload avatars on THEIR servers, or don't have any at all.

And the real kick in the un-gas, is that there are quit a few that use somthing similar to a folder tree. You can't view the entire thread, just post by post by clicking on each and every friggin title in the tree. I send many PMs to the admins that run those types of forums and usualy get "insta-kicked".

So I'd hate to see Markos and Dan start rolling back features, because I would most likely start hunting for another MB.

Apocalypse · December 30, 2002, 01:44

Most UBB-style forums anyway.

The 6 forums I regularly visit all have sigs and avatars.

St Leo · December 30, 2002, 03:16

read Mark's sig , how else can one express himself as an individual

Could you explain Mark's sig to me? I don't get it.

ixnay · December 30, 2002, 03:32

I need signatures. How else could I heap praise upon myself along with some shameless self-promotion with every post?

MarkG · December 30, 2002, 05:13

check the full text leo

http://us.imdb.com/Quotes?0032553

DarkCloud · December 31, 2002, 00:07

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Originally posted by panag

hi ,

its part of apolyton , so therefore its "heritage" , ....

those sig's are to good to ever be removed , read Mark's sig , how else can one express himself as an individual , how else can Firaxis be told of things , .....etc , ....

we should keep them , no matter what .

have a nice evening

Express as an individualy... what about your sidebar Location thread? Or Flag? or Avatar?

We have myriad options. We may as well reduce bandwith where we will, while still having fun posting!

See- I disabled my sig in this post

Mr. President · December 31, 2002, 00:11

No! I like my signature!

ColdWizard · December 31, 2002, 00:31

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Originally posted by MarkG
interesting idea, but i'd thing something else would be better: not showing sigs in short posts(say, something like less than 3 lines of texts). i thing it would make pages less cluttered

i agree that the pages would be less cluttered but if i wanted to find a link in someone's sig, i'd have to go a search for a long post of theirs. for some posters i bet you'd not be able to see their sigs at all.

i'd suggest that sigs be shown in the user profile if this change were made to prevent (potentially) lengthy searches for long posts

Skanky Burns · December 31, 2002, 02:41

With all-else equal, I would prefer to keep sigs around regardless of the length of other people's posts. I could see a use for this on other sites that have image signatures, but here the sigs are actually interesting and add to the site as a whole.

MarkG · December 31, 2002, 03:39

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i agree that the pages would be less cluttered but if i wanted to find a link in someone's sig, i'd have to go a search for a long post of theirs.

we could at the same time display the signature in the profile.

ColdWizard · December 31, 2002, 04:06

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we could at the same time display the signature in the profile

exactly

DrSpike · December 31, 2002, 12:47

I don't think the sigs are that intrusive at 'Poly.......but if they do go (perhaps only for short posts) putting them in the profile seems reasonable.

Panag · December 31, 2002, 13:39

hi ,

sigs should stay , pop-ups should go

and are these sigs really taking up such a great deal of bandwith

, Mark

have a nice day