# Sig-Free SDMB! Thanks to the SDMB for a fantastic feature I didn't know existed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 20, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938 "2002-07-20T05:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/21 "2002-08-24T20:24:18Z")
I think sigs can be amusing in limited quantities, or as a link to a pic or whatever but they should also be used sparingly. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/22 "2002-08-26T10:00:07Z")
Dang. And I just got me a new sig too. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/23 "2002-08-26T22:01:19Z")
So, all those ‘sig test’ threads here in ATMB must be, like, twice as meaningless to you then, eh **Fenris**? ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/24 "2002-08-27T14:34:22Z")
That seems so wrong, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/25 "2002-08-28T16:23:39Z")
Hey **Fenris** Now that you are Sig free’d… Where’s Roy? _Ducks and runs like all hell._ ---
**Author:** ![Opengrave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@Opengrave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Opengrave)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/26 "2002-08-28T16:45:10Z")
I’m thinking we should all add **Fenris** ’s name somewhere in our sig. * * * This sig not visible by **Fenris**. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/27 "2002-09-02T16:23:31Z")
Actually, credit for this option should be given to the VBulletin folks. It is a standard item on this version of VB. But you can thank the admins for not removing it! ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/28 "2002-10-25T18:40:30Z")
I have “Show other users signatures” set to “yes”, but I almost never read sigs. Is it really that hard to skip over sigs when reading posts? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/29 "2002-10-25T18:59:33Z")
The compliant, **Yookeroo** , is that it ties up bandwidth to transmit something that you’re not going to read or use anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938/30 "2002-10-25T19:14:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yookeroo \* > \*\*I have “Show other users signatures” set to “yes”, but I almost never read sigs. Is it really that hard to skip over sigs when reading posts? \*\* It’s not a mater of “not that hard” as much as “why waste the microscopic percentage of a calorie it would take to scroll past sigs, which I universally find to be annoying.”. Besides, I like reading threads as though they were debates. Imagine if, while watching a debate on television, there was a short, unrelated commercial after each person made their point. It disrupts the flow of the thread. I’ve NEVER understood the point of a sig. If it’s important and relevant to the thread/post put it _in_ the post. If it’s not relevant to the thread, why is it there? Granted, a lot of people disagree with me, but that’s why I think the SDMB did such a cool thing by allowing this feature to stay enabled when they’ve (by necessity) turned off so many others. Those that enjoy having and reading sigs have that ability, and those of us who don’t, don’t see 'em. No one loses. Fenris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sig-free-sdmb-thanks-to-the-sdmb-for-a-fantastic-feature-i-didnt-know-existed/119938.md?page=1)