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**swervin ervin** · 05-09-2004, 12:53 PM

OK. See what everyone thinks about this idea.

I read all these threads many times. Most everyone posts to them and everytime they do, they include their sigs, in every post they make in the same thread. Some of the sigs are extremely long. I feel like including your sig once per thread is plenty. Including your sig every time sure does make the threads long.

If you notice, when you reply to a post, it has a option to include your sig. Just unchecking this option after making the first reply will help shorten everything up some.

Just an idea of mine. I thought this would help. Besides, I don't see the need to read some of these things. Some folks include their life history in their sigs.

OK. I know what everyone is thinking. I'm picking at straws again. I guess I'm getting too lazy to scroll down 2 miles to read the last reply on a page. :p

***Liz*** · 05-09-2004, 01:04 PM

lol Mike, I have to agree with you

yeah you can say well don't like it dont read.. but with us having the option to include it or not in a reply, would cut down on alot of teh clutter within the threads. Either way life goes on but I have to agree with you .

low 84 · 05-09-2004, 01:36 PM

dosen't really bother me. if i'm getting lazy enough to where i don't want to pull the mouse further down the page then i need to get my a$$ of the computer and go do something productive

**swervin ervin** · 05-09-2004, 02:56 PM

Ryan,

I guess this is a pet pieve of mine. It gets ridiculous to me to read someones reply of three words and their sig is 4" long going down the page. This by itself is bad enough, but to put this extremely long sig in every post you make, in the same thread is crazy.

rolson1039 · 05-09-2004, 03:17 PM

maybe there should be some kind of limit to the length of signatures??

BaggedC10 · 05-09-2004, 03:21 PM

I wonder why TIMSPEED hasn't replied yet?

low 84 · 05-09-2004, 03:50 PM

i see where your coming from mike, everybodys got their pet pieves

TIMSPEED · 05-09-2004, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BaggedC10

I wonder why TIMSPEED hasn't replied yet?

Someone say Food? hahaha, Yeah, on all the other forums I go to, I only put my sig once per thread. I didn't know I could select/deselect my sig on this forum, just seen that down there, hahaha.
BTW: This is my first sig showing on this post

C-10volvo · 05-09-2004, 04:05 PM

i just changed mine.. hope its better now.

**swervin ervin** · 05-09-2004, 04:14 PM

Not trying to get anyone upset here. Just trying to make a point I guess.

Tim,

your sig is a prime example of what I consider a little extreme.

Let's take a vote. Who here cares that Tim owns a Saturn? More importantly, who cares what size engine, hp and tq it has and what it weighs? What I'm trying to say is, what does this have to do with posting in a truck forum? Besides this, you could have them listed side by side, instead of taking up 4" of space.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox now. Back to your regular programming.

bigblock73 · 05-09-2004, 04:28 PM

I agree Mike, there is no need to have long sigs. If your sig is short enough, I don't see it being a problem, but when your sig is usually longer than your replies or post...then it is time for a change.

raceman6135 · 05-09-2004, 05:54 PM

I'm another vote for minimizing the amount of "stuff" in your sig.

Takes up bandwidth, too: not much, but when you have hundreds of posts, all with an extra couple of KB, well ....

DJS

***Liz*** · 05-09-2004, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swervin ervin

Ryan,

I guess this is a pet pieve of mine. It gets ridiculous to me to read someones reply of three words and their sig is 4" long going down the page. This by itself is bad enough, but to put this extremely long sig in every post you make, in the same thread is crazy.

yep... last week or so there was someone with lyrics to a song in their sig. I don't remember who nor am I tryin to start **** with them. I'm bot tryin to sound rude or hateful, but if I want the lyrics I'll go to lyrics.com

. I like to check out the websites within the sigs etc, there just should be a happy medium somewhere.

*1FaastC10* · 05-09-2004, 06:11 PM

is mine bad?

***Josh*** · 05-09-2004, 06:22 PM

I've added a limit on the signatures, but it won't work retroactively... so any long signaturess will be gone when they try to re edit them, but until then we're stuck with the long annoying ones unless I manually edit every down to size...

**N2TRUX** · 05-09-2004, 08:12 PM

I totally agree with Mike on this. You probably haven't noticed, but I already practice what you are suggesting. We started this on a www.nhtoc.com which is a national Harley truck owners site that I moderate on.

When the site first went on line a few of the original members agreed it was a good practice and suggested it from the beginning. It has been that way every since.

Hey at least they don't allow sigs with pics here. That always gets WAY out of hand. It's especially hard for the dial up users....

**swervin ervin** · 05-09-2004, 08:42 PM

I do too Ken.

My first post/reply has my sig, which isn't much to begin with. Then from there on out, I either just put my name or nothing.

gldevall · 05-09-2004, 09:11 PM

Just changed mine.

TIMSPEED · 05-09-2004, 10:26 PM

changed mine...

79Chevypickup · 05-09-2004, 10:33 PM

Is mine to long?
What do yall think?

apstguy · 05-10-2004, 02:01 AM

I would guess mine is one of the offending signatures... I'll edit it down...

05-09-2004, 12:53 PM	#1
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Just an idea about posting OK. See what everyone thinks about this idea. I read all these threads many times. Most everyone posts to them and everytime they do, they include their sigs, in every post they make in the same thread. Some of the sigs are extremely long. I feel like including your sig once per thread is plenty. Including your sig every time sure does make the threads long. If you notice, when you reply to a post, it has a option to include your sig. Just unchecking this option after making the first reply will help shorten everything up some. Just an idea of mine. I thought this would help. Besides, I don't see the need to read some of these things. Some folks include their life history in their sigs. OK. I know what everyone is thinking. I'm picking at straws again. I guess I'm getting too lazy to scroll down 2 miles to read the last reply on a page. :p __________________ Mike 1985 Chevy C-10

05-09-2004, 01:36 PM	#3
low 84 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,144	dosen't really bother me. if i'm getting lazy enough to where i don't want to pull the mouse further down the page then i need to get my a$$ of the computer and go do something productive __________________ '51 F100, backhalf with a narrowed 9 and coil overs, 18.5" mickeys, monte front clip, +400" sbc in the works '05 1500 Crew Cab RIP '84 swb 5/7 drop, solid cammed 408 w/ fully ported dart heads, th350 w/ 10 inch hughes, 12 bolt w/ 3.73 richmonds and a locker '80 swb 4x4 in progress: 7" lift, 350 th350/np205, d44 and 1.5" ORD tie rod, 14BFF w/discs , armored diff covers, 40" MTR's

05-09-2004, 03:17 PM	#5
rolson1039 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 404	maybe there should be some kind of limit to the length of signatures?? __________________ so many trucks so little time!!!

05-09-2004, 03:21 PM	#6
BaggedC10 Under construction! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NorCal Posts: 1,065	I wonder why TIMSPEED hasn't replied yet? __________________ 2001 Silverado bagged on 22's. Sold

05-09-2004, 03:50 PM	#7
low 84 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,144	i see where your coming from mike, everybodys got their pet pieves __________________ '51 F100, backhalf with a narrowed 9 and coil overs, 18.5" mickeys, monte front clip, +400" sbc in the works '05 1500 Crew Cab RIP '84 swb 5/7 drop, solid cammed 408 w/ fully ported dart heads, th350 w/ 10 inch hughes, 12 bolt w/ 3.73 richmonds and a locker '80 swb 4x4 in progress: 7" lift, 350 th350/np205, d44 and 1.5" ORD tie rod, 14BFF w/discs , armored diff covers, 40" MTR's

05-09-2004, 01:04 PM	#2
*Liz* Catchy title goes here.. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Rockwell, NC Posts: 39,737	lol Mike, I have to agree with you yeah you can say well don't like it dont read.. but with us having the option to include it or not in a reply, would cut down on alot of teh clutter within the threads. Either way life goes on but I have to agree with you .

05-09-2004, 02:56 PM	#4
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Ryan, I guess this is a pet pieve of mine. It gets ridiculous to me to read someones reply of three words and their sig is 4" long going down the page. This by itself is bad enough, but to put this extremely long sig in every post you make, in the same thread is crazy.

05-09-2004, 04:05 PM	#9
C-10volvo Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lake Oswego, Oregon Posts: 1,028	i just changed mine.. hope its better now. __________________ Ken Morgan For fun: 1964 Volvo 122 For slow: 1984 Chevrolet C-10 For everything else: 1997 BMW M3

05-09-2004, 04:14 PM	#10
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	Not trying to get anyone upset here. Just trying to make a point I guess. Tim, your sig is a prime example of what I consider a little extreme. Let's take a vote. Who here cares that Tim owns a Saturn? More importantly, who cares what size engine, hp and tq it has and what it weighs? What I'm trying to say is, what does this have to do with posting in a truck forum? Besides this, you could have them listed side by side, instead of taking up 4" of space. Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox now. Back to your regular programming.

05-09-2004, 04:28 PM	#11
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,826	I agree Mike, there is no need to have long sigs. If your sig is short enough, I don't see it being a problem, but when your sig is usually longer than your replies or post...then it is time for a change. __________________ Jeff 73-87.com 73-87.com Facebook page 73-87 cab corner 6x9 speaker brackets for sale 67-72 cab corner speaker brackets for sale 47-54 cab corner speaker brackets for sale

05-09-2004, 05:54 PM	#12
raceman6135 Dino burner Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 602	I'm another vote for minimizing the amount of "stuff" in your sig. Takes up bandwidth, too: not much, but when you have hundreds of posts, all with an extra couple of KB, well .... DJS

05-09-2004, 06:11 PM	#14
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,400	is mine bad?

05-09-2004, 06:22 PM	#15
*Josh* He's got mean nasty FANGS! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Rockwell, NC Posts: 6,509	I've added a limit on the signatures, but it won't work retroactively... so any long signaturess will be gone when they try to re edit them, but until then we're stuck with the long annoying ones unless I manually edit every down to size... __________________ 2004 K2500 Burb 1999 C3500 1985 Cutlass Supreme 1969 C-10 1967 C-10 Panel josh@67-72chevytrucks.com

05-09-2004, 08:12 PM	#16
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,023	I totally agree with Mike on this. You probably haven't noticed, but I already practice what you are suggesting. We started this on a www.nhtoc.com which is a national Harley truck owners site that I moderate on. When the site first went on line a few of the original members agreed it was a good practice and suggested it from the beginning. It has been that way every since. Hey at least they don't allow sigs with pics here. That always gets WAY out of hand. It's especially hard for the dial up users.... __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

05-09-2004, 08:42 PM	#17
swervin ervin You get what you pay for Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Cherryville, NC Posts: 4,798	I do too Ken. My first post/reply has my sig, which isn't much to begin with. Then from there on out, I either just put my name or nothing.



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05-09-2004, 09:11 PM	#18
gldevall Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Walker, LA Posts: 2,925	Just changed mine. __________________ Gary -1986 SWB: lowered 4/6, SOLD!!! -Best 1/4 mile: 14.51 @ 91.01 MPH -2001 Pewter Tahoe, billet grill, Corsa Sport Cat-back, K&N FIPK SOLD!!! -2004 Z-71 Extended cab with a flowmaster, BDS 6.5", 3" BL, 35x12.5x18 Trail Grapplers on Pro-Comp 18x9 wheels

05-09-2004, 10:26 PM	#19
TIMSPEED Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,321	changed mine... __________________ I have a few cars... See Them Here

05-09-2004, 10:33 PM	#20
79Chevypickup MY TRUCK IS FOR SALE!! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pasadena, TX Posts: 292	Is mine to long? What do yall think? __________________ 1979 Chevy LWB 350ci / 700R4 Edelbrock under the hood F O R S A L E OR T R A D E

05-10-2004, 02:01 AM	#21
apstguy LED King Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,088	I would guess mine is one of the offending signatures... I'll edit it down... __________________ Tyler 1985 C10 305 w/ Bowtie OD TH700R4 3.42 LSD 202,000 miles 2006 Ford Focus ZX3 5-speed Stick 2016 Chevy Spark EV Gone: 2002.5 VW GTI 24v VR6 Gone: 2008 VW R32

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