# Signatures in user profiles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-in-user-profiles/34203>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 22, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-in-user-profiles/34203 "2000-09-22T21:50:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-in-user-profiles/34203/1 "2000-09-22T21:50:57Z")

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Why doesn’t the signature I put in my profile appear on my  
messages? When I go back to the profile, it says it’s there, but it doesn’t show up in my posts.

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**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-in-user-profiles/34203/2 "2000-09-22T22:15:05Z")

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When you write a post, you have to click the lil box in the bottom that says “Show signature”.  
It doesn’t do it automatically for you anymore.

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**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures-in-user-profiles/34203/3 "2000-09-23T05:12:26Z")

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Also, if you preview your post you need to either check the show signature box again or use the back button on your browser to return to the original reply box and post from there. When you preview it unchecks the signature box.