Over Sized Signatures?

[Jeremiahcp]

I like reading what people put in their sigs, but there are a few members who have large pictures in their sig and that really is off-putting. Perhaps pictures in the sigs. should have more restrictions. What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Terese]

Just curious, is my sig oversized? I'm perfectly willing to change it if it is

 

[sun rise]

Just curious, is my sig oversized? I'm perfectly willing to change it if it is

To me it is. You have a one line post and 9 lines of text followed by a large picture. It's not as bad as some, but it makes me less likely to read what you've written.

 

[Jeremiahcp]

Just curious, is my sig oversized? I'm perfectly willing to change it if it is

I am not really sure when something is oversize; I don't want to call anyone out for comparison but some out there are bigger than yours. I think @sunrise123 is right, too many oversize sigs can be a distraction to the discussion. I like the personalize touch people can add with a sig, but I just felt this discussion needed some exploring.

 

[columbus]

Long before I joined RF I started automatically turning off sigs when I joined a forum.

Tom

 

[Jeremiahcp]

Long before I joined RF I started automatically turning off sigs when I joined a forum.

Tom

If too many people employ big pictures that would probably make loading pages faster.

 

[Kenny]

I like reading what people put in their sigs, but there are a few members who have large pictures in their sig and that really is off-putting. Perhaps pictures in the sigs. should have more restrictions. What are your thoughts on this?

I put a Christina "AMEN" to that. Sometimes it is a one sentence response that is lost in the overlarge picture in signature.

 

[Father]

Mine tis not oversized is it?

 

[columbus]

If too many people employ big pictures that would probably make loading pages faster.

At the time, I had unimpressive dial up. When somebody showed me how to shut them off and how much faster it ran I just started doing it all the time.
A line or two of text is not a big deal, but the flashy ones are obnoxiously repetitious.
Tom

 

[Jeremiahcp]

What is over-sized I think is something for the mods to decide. I just thought this was something that should be discussed.

 

[Deidre]

I agree, but no judgement, whatever people want to do is up to them. I just sometimes mistake the sig for an advertisement.

 

[Aldrnari]

Well... You know what they say about oversized signatures and over compensating for something... Or something like that... Amiright?

 

[Jeremiahcp]

I agree, but no judgement, whatever people want to do is up to them. I just sometimes mistake the sig for an advertisement.

Sometime I find myself wondering why they posted that picture and what it has to do with the topic only to realize it is a sig.

 

[Desert Snake]

Turn off sigs.

Mostly just a jumbled mess of ideas anyways.

You actuallly read the sigs?

 

[Jeremiahcp]

Turn off sigs.

Mostly just a jumbled mess of ideas anyways.

You actuallly read the sigs?

I read every sig.

 

[Desert Snake]

I read every sig.

Ok...

 

[Skwim]

Mine tis not oversized is it?

Yes it is.

 

[Skwim]

Just curious, is my sig oversized? I'm perfectly willing to change it if it is

Yes it is

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I agree about the sigs. It can boggle down loading times, nickle-and-dime people on limited data plans, and can be distracting.
Personally, I liked it better when RF didn't allow pictures in a signature at all.

 

[Skwim]

Oversized signatures were brought up a month or two ago, but nothing came of it.

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