# So, are sig lines permanently gone?

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**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-sig-lines-permanently-gone/912150 "2020-06-23T00:22:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-sig-lines-permanently-gone/912150/1 "2020-06-23T00:22:16Z")

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I realize that many members will probably say “Good riddance!” and it’s far from a deal breaker for me, but I’m just wondering. (I’m also wondering if maybe there’s some option that I’m not seeing to turn them back on.)

“In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.” – [Carl Sagan](https://www.mebuckner.com/sagan.htm)

Ceterum censeo imperium Trumpi esse delendam

(Manually inserted sig line, just for old times sake.)

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-sig-lines-permanently-gone/912150/2 "2020-06-23T11:37:46Z")

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Nope. My typical sig line works just fine!

Tripler  
Just sayin’. 🤠

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-sig-lines-permanently-gone/912150/3 "2020-06-23T13:11:29Z")

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Good riddance, they serve no good purpose anyway.

Actually I don’t care, I learned to ignore them years ago.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-sig-lines-permanently-gone/912150/4 "2020-06-24T00:50:51Z")

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I had hoped we might get Fathom-style rotating sig lines here.

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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-sig-lines-permanently-gone/912150/5 "2020-06-24T14:29:50Z")

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I’m not seeing my signature, nor anyone elses. So are they there or not?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-sig-lines-permanently-gone/912150/6 "2020-06-24T14:44:33Z")

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I was just starting to like mine.

Regards,  
kayaker

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“Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.”  
Victor J. Stenger

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**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-sig-lines-permanently-gone/912150/7 "2020-06-24T17:24:45Z")

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> [@BwanaBob](#):
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> So are they there or not?

Based on some quick Googling, the answer is apparently “not.” However, there is a plugin available.

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-are-sig-lines-permanently-gone/912150/8 "2020-06-24T18:58:22Z")

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> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
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> I had hoped we might get Fathom-style rotating sig lines here.

I don’t know about you, but I rotate my sig lines on a post-by-post basis.

Tripler  
See? There. I did it again.