# You know your username goes at the top of every post, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255 "2011-02-22T18:14:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/101 "2011-02-23T19:51:52Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > ˙uʍop ǝpısdn buıʇıɹʍ ʇou ǝɹ,ǝʍ ʇsɐǝן ʇɐ > > -HC > [@cards](#): > > OK how the hell did you do that? > > Yours Truly, > > cards Turn your keyboard upside down and look in a mirror while you type. Easy as pie. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/102 "2011-02-23T20:05:11Z")
ǝʇɐʞ 'ʎןqɯnɥ ˙ɹoɹɹıɯ ɐ ɟo ʇuoɹɟ uı ǝןıɥʍ uʍop ǝpısdn buıdʎʇ uɐɥʇ ɹǝısɐǝ ʎɐʍ ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/103 "2011-02-23T20:13:24Z")
My recollection was that after the last time we had this topic, the mods decided they were going to enforce a one signoff per thread rule, but that they quickly gave up. Apparently it is now perfectly kosher to signoff after every single post. Signoffs used to bother me quite a lot, but I’ve gotten over it. I don’t even notice them any more. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/104 "2011-02-23T20:16:09Z")
Yeah, if you’re bothered or offended by them, it really says a lot more about _you_. **_HEIL HITLER_! -VT** ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/105 "2011-02-23T20:19:10Z")
The real reason people sign their posts/don’t like people who sign their posts is because they all hate America and want to take away our Freedom! And Liberty. Freedom! And shit. GW ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/106 "2011-02-23T21:54:57Z")
> [@Walmarticus](#): > > ^ Walmarticus Valete Vox Walmarticus ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/107 "2011-02-23T22:43:57Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Good point. Nice! ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/108 "2011-02-23T22:48:33Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Turn your keyboard upside down and look in a mirror while you type… Hm. I thought he was just drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/109 "2011-02-23T23:06:29Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I’m actually kind of impressed that folks like Shodan manage to remember to put their little tag on the end of every. single. post. > > I tried posting in haikus for a while but I lost interest. I am in awe of their sticktoitiveness. It took me a long time to break the habit of using my little ten character (plus two spaces) signoff that’s at the end of this post. When I signed up for the SDMB, I’d been typing it so long it was automatic. I didn’t even notice myself doing it. > [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > My recollection was that after the last time we had this topic, the mods decided they were going to enforce a one signoff per thread rule, but that they quickly gave up. We drew a distinction between signoffs (e.g., the one I’m going to use on this post) and sigs, which can be up to four lines of stuff, including a link if you’re a paid member. We ask that you use your sig no more than once per thread, but it’s an etiquette thing, not a rule enforced by jackbooted thugs. Basic signoffs, on the other hand, are typically just a couple of words. Honestly, there’s such a tiny number of people who care that we never saw the need to make a rule against them. Etiquette says that you shouldn’t use a long signoff typed into the posting to try to get around the “once per thread” guideline, but if it’s just “sincerely, Bill” who cares? -=- Gary -=- ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/110 "2011-02-23T23:08:19Z")
> [@Walmarticus](#): > > Walmarticus: > > of course. > > -Walmarticus Oh, hell, I just can’t resist. No, I am Walmarticus! -Walmarticus ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/111 "2011-02-23T23:15:22Z")
> [@Suil\_Dubh](#): > > Nice! Nope, he cheated. He put it in the edit box. Doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/112 "2011-02-23T23:24:51Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:109, topic:572255”] It took me a long time to break the habit of using my little ten character (plus two spaces) signoff that’s at the end of this post. -=- Gary -=- [/QUOTE] Are those NIPPLES? ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/113 "2011-02-23T23:25:32Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > Hm. I thought he was just drunk. Now you’ve brought me to a question - We are not supposed to post while drunk / under the influence / etc… What if you write your post sober, go toss a few, then hit reply. Is that wrong? How about the other way? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/114 "2011-02-23T23:27:32Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > It certainly is right up there with declawing cats, circumcising babies and Sarah Palin. A home fundraiser with Sarah where a declawing AND circumcision happen concurrently is almost too much to hope for. Almost. Yours truly, Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/115 "2011-02-23T23:51:16Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Beating something to death until it’s so unfunny it generates multiple pit threads is what the SDMB is all about. The “fighting ignorance” thing is just a smokescreen brought on by cattle mutes once in 1960 for 20 minute Death Rays, Band Name! Rio by Duran Duran. > > I, for one, welcome our new signature overlords. > > Then again, maybe we should nuke this from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure. > Hi! > Opal Quoted for a possible record of collected memes in a single post. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/116 "2011-02-24T00:10:23Z")
> [@xoferew](#): > > Are those NIPPLES? Huh? I don’t see it, and nobody has ever mentioned that in 29 years of signing emails that way. Are you using an odd font? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/117 "2011-02-24T00:40:41Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > there are dozens of websites that ןet you type in normaן and qet upside down. > > ˙uʍop ǝpısdn ʇǝƃ puɐ lɐɯɹou uı ǝdʎʇ noʎ ʇǝl ʇɐɥʇ [lɹn/]sǝʇısqǝʍ ɟo suǝzop[,/ƃɹo˙ʇxǝʇdılɟ˙ʍʍʍ//:dʇʇɥ,=lɹn] ǝɹɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ This post has been flipped by the flipper! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/118 "2011-02-24T02:21:41Z")
Properly used, a good signature can add something to your post that extends beyond the words you wrote. Sincerely, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/119 "2011-02-24T05:06:52Z")
Sorta back on topic-- As far as I can tell, in North America one can now tell who is over or under 40 years-old by their having a smallpox vaccine scar on their arm or not. Folks who remember what a real Usenet .sig is? Almost exactly ten years younger. Everyone else needs to get the fuck off of my lawn. Or show me the nipple font. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-your-username-goes-at-the-top-of-every-post-right/572255/120 "2011-02-24T07:18:31Z")
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