# Signature is retroactive too??

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**Created:** [October 26, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-is-retroactive-too/89782 "2001-10-26T15:17:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-is-retroactive-too/89782/1 "2001-10-26T15:17:28Z")

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I know that your post count is retroactive, i.e. if you look at your past posts it will display the number of total posts you have currently, not the number you had at the time of the post. _whew_

But am I going crazy, or is the same thing true of your _signature_ too? I was looking at past posts of mine before I changed my sig, and they were all my current sig! I was looking forward to leaving drops of wisdom on this virtual reality world by changing my sig every once in a while. Ah well… I suppose it’s the children who will suffer.

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-is-retroactive-too/89782/2 "2001-10-26T15:20:01Z")

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Your post count, signature, user name, member title, profile, e-mail, web address, and registration date are all queried from the database every time you view a thread.

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**Author:** ![jmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmonster)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-is-retroactive-too/89782/3 "2001-10-26T16:03:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by DooWahDiddy \*  
> I was looking forward to leaving drops of wisdom on this virtual reality world by changing my sig every once in a while. Ah well… I suppose it’s the children who will suffer.

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> “Just open packet and use.”–_actual instructions found on the back of a generic Wet-Nap-like product_.

Don’t worry, they won’t suffer too much.