# A Minor Request of All Posters **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-request-of-all-posters/18718 "2000-05-06T00:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-request-of-all-posters/18718/1 "2000-05-06T00:02:04Z")
Please remove the unneeded return strokes from your sig lines. aha (sorry to single you out, but yours was the most recent I saw) has 4 return strokes between his quote and saluation. Its just silly. Wally has 3-4 return strokes and has no sig line at all. Could those of you with no sig line please uncheck that box in your responses? Or in your profile. Thank you for your cooperation. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-request-of-all-posters/18718/2 "2000-05-06T00:42:50Z")
huh? I think aha and Wally’s spaces were artisticlly placed. I would do the same, yet, I have quite a way to go until I can claim such airs. I hope to be able to have 2 blank lines at the bottom of my posts someday. till then, Osip ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-request-of-all-posters/18718/3 "2000-05-06T00:52:22Z")
Bitch time? OK, I’m in! 😃 Not really, but I concur with Omni. The lengthy sigs and CR’s within sigs really do screw with the continuity of the threads. This has always been kind of an unwritten rule, or courtesy on the few MBs and lots of BBSs that I have been on. Also, on this type of MB, overly long usernames, which mess up the formatting of the threads, can be a real annoyance. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-request-of-all-posters/18718/4 "2000-05-06T00:59:02Z")
Just to repeat something I said in the pit awhile ago. > [@](#): > > There is a good formula to determine poster intelligence. > > ``` > x = post length > y = sig length > x/(y+1) = IQ > > ``` All kidding aside, I think it would be cool if people just posted their sig the first time they came into a thread, after that its a bit of an overkill. Especially now, since once you change your sig all of the posts get changed. So in all, removing the spaces would be cool. pat ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-request-of-all-posters/18718/5 "2000-05-06T01:44:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Please remove the unneeded return strokes from your sig lines. aha (sorry to single you out, but yours was the most recent I saw) has 4 return strokes between his quote and saluation. Its just silly. Wally has 3-4 return strokes and has no sig line at all. Could those of you with no sig line please uncheck that box in your responses? Or in your profile. > > Thank you for your cooperation. > \*\* Glad to do it Omni sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-request-of-all-posters/18718/6 "2000-05-06T22:02:33Z")
Bump. aha, thanks, it’s appreciated.