# signature question **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 16, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-question/37165 "2000-10-16T20:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-question/37165/1 "2000-10-16T20:16:55Z")
Why does your signature change retroactively? As in, why did my signature change on the 140 some-odd posts that I had written BEFORE I changed to a new signature? To me, it seems like a few extra lines of needless code to add into the programming behind this message board. If I wanted that sig when I wrote a message three weeks ago, I’d have put it in then. Besides, if I wanted to make reference to a sig and then that sig changes, my entire post becomes irrelevant (not that most of my posts are relevant right now anyway). And if there is a way, how do I get my original sig back on my posts! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-question/37165/2 "2000-10-16T20:33:00Z")
Your sig is called from your member profile everytime a page loads with the vBulletin software. That’s why all posts update whenever you change sigs. And it actually requires less resources than maintaining a sig for each individual post. The old software (UBB) would hardcode each page and pull it from memory as required. The vB software does not do that; it regenerates each page from a database as required. Trust me, a changing sig is a small price to pay for the improved core functionality over the UBB software. Before we changed over back in April(?) this entire board would crash several times a day. I’m sorry, but as things stand right now, there’s no way to restore your old sigs. ---
**Author:** ![fobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@fobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fobia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-question/37165/3 "2000-10-16T22:34:44Z")
Just put your sig in manually, like this * * * Why no, I am not a master debater! ---
**Author:** ![fobia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@fobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fobia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2000, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-question/37165/4 "2000-10-16T22:36:30Z")
Just put your sig in manually, like this * * * Why no, I am not a master debater! You must be thinking of **Enderw23** 😉