# Manual signatures in thread - same "rule" as automated signature? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 20, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851 "2013-02-20T02:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/41 "2013-02-21T04:52:39Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Umm, no. If he doesn’t care to explain it, I am not going to click on it. Too dangerous. Afraid it’ll possess your computer? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/42 "2013-02-21T04:58:40Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > So report her. Please consider it already reported. As **Marley** said, we’re discussing the issue, and a whole bunch of additional reports would simply clutter up our already bursting mailboxes. _As a general rule_, please always err on the side of reporting something, because it’s better to get two notifications than none at all. But in this case, we’re already quite aware of it. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/43 "2013-02-21T12:03:42Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Umm, no. If he doesn’t care to explain it, I am not going to click on it. Too dangerous. I live on the ragged edge of life, baby. Don’t try to rein me in. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/44 "2013-02-22T01:32:07Z")
Ironic post from someone called **“DrDeth”**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/45 "2013-02-22T02:55:35Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Ironic post from someone called **“DrDeth”**. 😃 😃 Good one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/46 "2013-02-22T05:25:07Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > (Bosun’s whistle sound) > > Now Hear This! > > Now Hear This! > > This is the Captain Speaking. > > That is all. You weren’t aboard the U.S.S. Shields in Feb. of '68 by any chance, were you? 😃 We had a guy who would get hold of the mic and do that every chance he got once the officers had left the ship (which was tied up next to a tender in San Diego; everyone but those on watch could go ashore every evening). ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/47 "2013-02-23T08:12:48Z")
> [@Do NOT Feed The Troll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-feed-the-troll/650838/8): > > Hey. 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > God bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 > > Holly I came here to ask this same question. Didn’t we hash this out over another poster a year or two ago that did the same thing? Not as bizarre and over the top with smilie faces, but still very abrasive? Perhaps someone can remember the poster, and the “under the skin” sig he posted with every post. It was then the rule of “one time per thread” came out, unless it was something like Regards, Poster Or some such one word sign-off. Anyway, I think we need a ruling on this soon. I have no idea who James Otto is, nor do I care. I also have no idea why this poster is in love with James Otto, and needs to tell us, with smile faces, in everyone of her posts. However, I wonder what will be permitted if you (TPTB) allow this?. What if someone was big on Adolf Hitler, chose the user name **Adolf Hitler Sweet Heart** , And signed each post with something like Hey Now! :):)🙂 God Bless Adoph and pray for the Rise of the Fourth Reich! ! ! 🙂 🙂 🙂 I suspect that this would draw the ire of the board and howls of protest. Too far-fetched an example? Ok, what if someone decides that they love puppies, and want to tell us in each post their love for puppies? A user name like **Puppy Love Sweet Heart** YIP! YIP! :p:p:p God bless puppies always !!! :p:p:p So why not nip this James Otto thing in the bud before the TM start becoming creative with their signatures and/or sign-offs? **James Otto Sweet Heart** makes her feelings known with each post she makes. Her user name does it. I don’t think repeating it in this most absurd way makes sense in any way. (the really strange thing is, I have no idea what this person’s opinions are about… I see the bizarre smilies and !!!, and I skip the post.) ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/48 "2013-02-23T09:48:51Z")
My apologies… After spending some time reading threads here and in the Pit, I realize I am VERY late to this party. It would seem that this has stirred much more emotion than I realized, and I appear to have added my $.02 to a Scrooge McDuck-sized vault of coins. Virtually worthless. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/49 "2013-02-23T12:35:18Z")
Is “Virtually Worthless” going to be your new signature? :):):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/50 "2013-02-23T18:56:20Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > What if someone was big on Adolf Hitler, chose the user name **Adolf Hitler Sweet Heart** They’d be instabanned. And I think we’re going to leave **James Otto Sweet Heart** ’s signoff alone. It’s not insulting, offensive, or hostile, and it’s not being a jerk in any way that I would interpret the rule. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/51 "2013-02-23T18:58:27Z")
So what’s the point of restricting Signatures to once a thread? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/52 "2013-02-23T18:59:16Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > So what’s the point of restricting Signatures to once a thread? They’re usually bigger and more annoying. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/53 "2013-02-23T19:41:13Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > They’re usually bigger and more annoying. Hence this thread. This posters sign off is big, graphic (all those smilies) and annoying. It’s as long or longer than many sigs. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/54 "2013-02-23T22:29:41Z")
I agree. Those of us who find certain (or all) signatures annoying can avoid them by disabling them in the control panel. We can’t avoid a repeated annoying sign-off that involves the same phrase every time along with multiple smilies and exclamation marks. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/55 "2013-02-23T22:34:51Z")
Ok so three exclamation points and 3 smiley faces in every post is fine, but everyone here throws a conniption fit when people want to use blue font and comic sans? \<\_\< ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/56 "2013-02-24T01:40:43Z")
There’s a reason I have signatures turned off- they bug the dogsnot outta me. Can you at least request that she put it in as an official signature so those who want to can turn it off? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/57 "2013-02-24T01:52:12Z")
Or at least turn off the smileys every time? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/58 "2013-02-24T01:59:27Z")
> [@saje](#): > > There’s a reason I have signatures turned off- they bug the dogsnot outta me. > > Can you at least request that she put it in as an official signature so those who want to can turn it off? This. Since that “sign off” is much bigger, longer and distracting than a short sentence (which a lot of signatures are), I think relegating it to where the signatures go only makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/59 "2013-02-24T05:43:07Z")
And for Og’s sake, think about the Internet-wide emoticon quota! The day the Internet runs out of smilies is the day I don’t want to be alive anymore… ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851/60 "2013-02-24T06:14:08Z")
It is pretty annoying. And it can’t be auto-suppressed. Just thought I would throw in my pocket change. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manual-signatures-in-thread-same-rule-as-automated-signature/650851.md?page=4)