# Signatures defaulting to "on" again **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 23, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838 "2004-03-23T03:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838/1 "2004-03-23T03:05:12Z")
It seems that, as a side effect of the recent software upgrade to enable paid member subscriptions, the “Show your signature” checkbox near the bottom of the posting screen is once again defaulting to CHECKED. (I remember this coming up as an issue the last time the software was upgraded – it took a while for an admin to find the super-secret software flag to tweak so that the checkbox would default to UNCHECKED, like it did before the software upgrade. Apparently, this is happening again.) ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838/2 "2004-03-23T04:57:49Z")
I just knew there were going to be problems! \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![MamaHen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@MamaHen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MamaHen)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838/3 "2004-03-23T05:41:45Z")
Just had to find something to complain about didn’t you **tracer**? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838/4 "2004-03-23T15:34:57Z")
Having the box automatically checked it a perk of being a charter member. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838/5 "2004-03-23T16:10:10Z")
> [@MamaHen](#): > > Just had to find something to complain about didn’t you **tracer**? But of course! What would life be without whining. :-\* – **tracer** , hoping he remembers to un-check the “Show your signature” box when he posts this ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838/6 "2004-03-23T16:12:49Z")
D’OH! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838/7 "2004-03-23T18:18:48Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > \<\\> Oh yeah? Well, _I’m_ stomping off in a _minute_ and a huff! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838/8 "2004-03-23T18:45:35Z")
Go to your User CP, then to “Edit Options” and unselect the “show signature box” on that screen. Save your settings, and voilá! And then I glance down, and see that the signature box IS indeed still checked…damn! And I thought I was so smart! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-defaulting-to-on-again/235838/9 "2004-03-24T00:19:39Z")
Yeah – the “Show Signatures” checkbox controlls whether you see signatures when reading those posts (written by yourself and others) that **do** have signatures attached to them. It has no bearing on the state of the “Show your signature” checkbox on the posting-composition\* panel. \*) I was sorely tempted to abbreviate this as “com-post”, but thought better of it.