# A question about sigs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-sigs/736050>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 29, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-sigs/736050 "2015-10-29T03:08:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-sigs/736050/21 "2015-11-01T03:18:45Z")

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> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> That is built into vBulletin on purpose.
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> Similarly, if you change your user name, it changes on all previous posts as well.

But changing your user-name _doesn’t_ change your old user name in quote boxes of pre-existing posts where you were quoted by name! One can often identify users whose names have been changed by noting the user-name discrepancy between the name shown in a quote box and the name in the original post being quoted.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-sigs/736050/22 "2015-11-01T03:44:22Z")

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> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> Jesus, get over it.

Sure, as soon as he stops doing it.

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