# Signing your member name at the end of your post when it's already there at the top **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 14, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089 "2004-05-14T08:28:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/41 "2004-05-15T11:27:00Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > No, that’s **Mtgman**. > > Enjoy, > Your Humble Tuba Diva No, that’s definitely **Tripler**. Respectfully, CJ ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/42 "2004-05-15T11:55:48Z")
_Denny Crane!!_ XOXOXOXOXOXOXO Neidhart ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/43 "2004-05-15T15:08:28Z")
I don’t mind it really. * * * \>—Broomstick— Any Day Above Ground Level Is A Good Day ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/44 "2004-05-15T17:05:41Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s Tripler. I knew the name began with a “T”! ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/45 "2004-05-16T02:23:52Z")
Hey, if it makes you feel better to sign your name, or write “regards”, then I think that’s super. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/46 "2004-05-16T10:50:51Z")
Actually, the main reason I use a closing and a signature is because it does feel like I’m writing a letter and just stopping when I get to the end feels to abrupt. I also spend a lot of my time in GD and here, where things can get rather heated. I’ve offended a lot of people unintentionally, and I do know that some people think disagreeing with them, especially on weighty issues such as morality and religion, is tantamount to insulting them. There have also been times when, frankly, I’ve had to try hard not to insult them, just try to tear their arguments apart. Since I don’t want to cause offense unless I mean it, if there’s a chance my arguments might be read insultingly, I’ll sign off with “Respectfully”. The last reason is, let’s face it folks, I’m incredibly long-winded, so I may as well remind you of who’s been filling up your screen. CJ :Runs naked through thread: ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/47 "2004-05-16T11:07:29Z")
Sometimes people argue about daft things. Pointing-out-the-obvious C K (though Siege did have a point) ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/48 "2004-05-16T13:02:43Z")
This thread has a surprising surreal quality to it. I give it three stars. -moi ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/49 "2004-05-16T14:14:38Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > CJ > :Runs naked through thread: HEY! YOU … ::checks forum:: … STINKY POOHEAD! ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/50 "2004-05-16T14:31:11Z")
At Fametracker, signing your name at the end of a post is a big no-no. It does make the conversation seem to flow a little bit more smoothly…but since a smooth flow of conversation is damned near impossible here, I don’t think it’s an issue. 😃 Back in BBS days I signed everything: -----\> Hamadryad Maaaan, does that take me back… ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/51 "2004-05-16T14:49:27Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Because I don’t use smilies or sig lines. > Because a sign-off as **Veb** seems friendlier. Yeah, what she said. – Uke ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/52 "2004-05-16T15:00:50Z")
Besides, if she signs off as Veb, she is less likely to be addressed as Thorstein. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/53 "2004-05-16T18:00:59Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > This is why I prefer message boards to Usenet nowadays – on Usenet there’s nobody who can ban morons like [this.](http://groups.google.com/groups?q=author:bateau&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&safe=off&selm=1em0a0d1pj95um40nctcstcetpe9o6ud6p%404ax.com&rnum=9) The funny thing is that the spacing’s off on the first line and it looks like the skeleton has a combover that’s flopping off. Heh. Annoying too. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/54 "2004-05-16T23:00:20Z")
I don’t do it because readers would just think I’m reminding them my post has come to a conclusion - Ender ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/55 "2004-05-17T01:06:55Z")
It would make sense it it were to bring attention to your personal credentials, if necessary… Yours etc, UselessGit -Rogue Genealogist ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/56 "2004-05-17T01:09:46Z")
> [@UselessGit](#): > > personal …meaning professional. Forever yours, UselessGit Lexicographer ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/57 "2004-05-17T10:53:46Z")
Always give the audience a big bang at the end to tell them when to clap. Why do I do it? A bunch of reasons, I suppose. When I started it was the practice at my firm to initial anything you’d written, so there was a certain amount of habit there. And it just seemed inappropriate to write this big long post without signing it. I do remember going to a LonDope after being on the board for about a year and being shocked that it had actually become something of a recognition factor for me. After that, I guess I was always going to continue with it. But originally it was just an entirely genuine and natural thing to do. –bj0rn-- insert random weirness here ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/58 "2004-05-17T12:07:33Z")
> [@kabbes](#): > > I do remember going to a LonDope after being on the board for about a year and being shocked that it had actually become something of a recognition factor for me. You mean your name isn’t Pan? I always thought it was! I thought it was cool that you had the same name as a debauched mythological figure. Oh well. –Bean, who did sign her name with a comment for about 5 minutes back when she first joined the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/59 "2004-05-17T12:53:40Z")
Got nothing to say. Just wanted to Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089/60 "2004-05-17T12:59:35Z")
> [@Green Bean](#): > > You mean your name isn’t Pan? I always thought it was! I thought it was cool that you had the same name as a debauched mythological figure. Oh well. Well, my _initials_ are pan. And I use them a fair bit. Is that not good enough? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signing-your-member-name-at-the-end-of-your-post-when-its-already-there-at-the-top/245089.md?page=4)