# Showing sigs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-sigs/565290
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [December 24, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-sigs/565290 "2010-12-24T15:57:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-sigs/565290/1 "2010-12-24T15:57:03Z")
I’ve always thought this was something that only paying members get to see - everyone’s sig (that has one) at the bottom of their posts.
However, in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590479) is the following exchange:
(posts 2 and 3)
> [@I have been remiss, or the joys of inter-cultural relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-remiss-or-the-joys-of-inter-cultural-relationships/565278/2):
>
> What’s your wife’s culture, if I may ask?
> [@I have been remiss, or the joys of inter-cultural relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-remiss-or-the-joys-of-inter-cultural-relationships/565278/3):
>
> Japanese, but with your sig, I don’t wonder why you ask. 😛
**Onomatopoeia** is a member (I assume, with his custom title and all), but **Isamu** is labelled “Guest” like me. How can he see **Onomatopoeia** ’s sig?
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-sigs/565290/2 "2010-12-24T16:04:00Z")
**Onomatopoeia** doesn’t have a sig – my interpretation was that **Isamu** was referring to his custom title (or perhaps his location).
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-sigs/565290/3 "2010-12-24T16:17:41Z")
Is that right–guests don’t see sigs when displayed?
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### Author:  [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-sigs/565290/4 "2010-12-24T16:43:55Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
>
> Is that right–guests don’t see sigs when displayed?
If you have one I can’t see it.
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-sigs/565290/5 "2010-12-24T16:47:14Z")
No, I don’t have the sig function turned on–I just never knew that they didn’t display for everybody.
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### Author:  [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-sigs/565290/6 "2010-12-24T17:23:38Z")
Signatures display on the profile page (bottom of About Me) so guests can see a member’s signature by navigating to their profile.
ETA: Everyone can see sigs on profiles, even if they have unticked ‘Show Signatures’.