# signature **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 10, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496 "2017-10-10T16:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496/1 "2017-10-10T16:11:32Z")
Don’t want my “signature” every time. Don’t want to have to remember that every time. So, I used to have my “signature” option available, but not automatic. Want that. Prefer that. Can’t have that. Go to the control thingy, uncheck the box that says “signature” and get a VB message about spelling “s t r a i g h t” somewhere or something. Now, I got my faults, Lord knows, and its a long list. But “stupid” ain’t on it! What the hell does this even mean? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496/2 "2017-10-10T16:27:12Z")
As I have mentioned before, I want it to be fixed, too. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496/3 "2017-10-10T16:40:26Z")
Well, if _you_ didn’t get snappy action, not much hope for me. Not even that I won’t follow the instructions, I don’t \*understand \*the instructions! ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496/4 "2017-10-10T18:00:09Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > and get a VB message about spelling “s t r a i g h t” somewhere or something That’s a general security code thingie. It’s basically used when you register, so the system thinks you’re not a robot. It’s probably being triggered now because you’ve been a member for longer than when that feature was implemented and never filled it in earlier. I’m not sure that the security thing works properly on the new skin and I don’t have a way of testing it. You might try switching back to the old skin just to get around the security prompt. There should be someplace to enter the text it is looking for. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496/5 "2017-10-10T18:18:03Z")
Ok, now that your sig has become more or less always there, let us say no more added on “sigs”. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496/6 "2017-12-11T19:38:53Z")
I was trying to change mine and couldn’t find how. Is the little pencil on vacation? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496/7 "2017-12-11T20:01:50Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Ok, now that your sig has become more or less always there, let us say no more added on “sigs”. If you don’t want your sig to appear, delete it. _\_ If this feature ever gets fixed, you can put it back. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496/8 "2017-12-11T20:05:04Z")
One of the issues with the new mobile-friendly skin is that you can’t set your sig to default to “off” any more. It’s a known issue, and it’s on the to-do list for the people who are in charge of such things, but one gets the impression that it’s fairly far down the list. You can, if you’d like, change back to the old skin: There’ a blue bar at the bottom of the page with a dropdown box that’ll let you choose which skin to use (the old one is called “Straight Dope v3.7.3” and the new one is “Sultantheme’s Responsive vB3-blue”). ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature/798496/9 "2017-12-11T20:11:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > If you don’t want your sig to appear, delete it. _\_ If this feature ever gets fixed, you can put it back. It made me so sad to delete my octopus sig, though. So sad.