# Wooo! No more automatic sigs! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 18, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808 "2004-05-18T17:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/1 "2004-05-18T17:52:29Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=2) No longer will throngs of useless signatures be unwittingly thrust upon us. And the signal to noise ratio of all threads will now increase, providing an effective increase in bandwith. I hereby declare this “Opt-in signature day” on the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/2 "2004-05-18T17:56:30Z")
Let’s see… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/3 "2004-05-18T17:57:42Z")
Ah, so it is! Good deal. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/4 "2004-05-18T17:57:53Z")
i say they make the sdmb plain text files. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/5 "2004-05-19T00:51:15Z")
I preferred auto on. oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/6 "2004-05-19T01:01:50Z")
Eh, I deleted my sig long ago just to be rid of that nuisance. I am not sure I recall how to re-activate it now. Or even recall what it was. Something about Cynthia… sigh ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/7 "2004-05-19T01:40:27Z")
Hmm, I guess I could have deleted my sig. That would have fixed things. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/8 "2004-05-19T04:01:10Z")
Boooooo. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/9 "2004-05-19T07:50:46Z")
Nice one… ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2004, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/10 "2004-05-19T11:17:42Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > i say they make the sdmb plain text files. Hmm, this command seems to do the trick. ```auto lynx -dump "http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=256861" > sdmb-plain-text ``` Repeat for each thread as needed. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/11 "2004-05-20T04:34:25Z")
> [@grimpixie](#): > > “I object to violence because, when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” - Ghandi Nitpick: **grimpixie** , his name is spelt **Gandhi**. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/12 "2004-05-20T15:44:39Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I preferred auto on. oh well. Me too. I was beginning to think I was the only one! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/13 "2004-05-20T15:53:34Z")
How can you prefer to have it auto on when we’re not permitted to display it more than a few times in a thread? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/14 "2004-05-20T16:28:20Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=2) > > No longer will throngs of useless signatures be unwittingly thrust upon us. And the signal to noise ratio of all threads will now increase, providing an effective increase in bandwith. I hereby declare this “Opt-in signature day” on the SDMB! Are you saying that only USEFUL sigs will now be unwittingly thrust upon us? 😉 - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/15 "2004-05-20T16:49:33Z")
> [@dantheman](#): > > How can you prefer to have it auto on when we’re not permitted to display it more than a few times in a thread? I don’t usually post more then a few times to the same thread anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/16 "2004-05-22T23:25:54Z")
I preferred it to be auto on, as well, but eh… ---
**Author:** ![Bugnorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bugnorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bugnorton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/17 "2004-05-23T02:26:24Z")
one more just checking… ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooo-no-more-automatic-sigs/245808/18 "2004-05-23T09:53:31Z")
I preferred auto-on as well, since signatures aren’t allowed to be unnecessarily long on the SDMB anyway. It’s not a big deal though.