# Signatures

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/75875>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 12, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/75875 "2001-08-12T03:32:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/75875/1 "2001-08-12T03:32:49Z")

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OK, now that the board is running faster, is it OK to use signatures again, or should we still not do that?

Just curious.

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**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/75875/2 "2001-08-12T04:49:03Z")

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Oops! I didn’t realize that we weren’t supposed to be using them. I probably missed the thread where it said that. I apologize, and I’ll try to read this forum more often.

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signatures/75875/3 "2001-08-12T14:19:54Z")

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Signatures, I believe, have nothing to do with the passwords or the recent hack.

Signatures are merely a drain on the server, that’s all. So, keep 'em short, keep 'em sweet, and only post them once per thread.

(Note to self: check, check, check!)