Why did forum signatures fall out of favor?
Why did forum signatures fall out of favor?
Talking about those collage images we see after a users post.
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There were some valid reasons to have them, if you go far enough back in history, but those reasons haven't applied for a long time. Meanwhile, signatures gradually evolved into a plague. They often took up more space than the posts and they were often brightly colored or animated. Sigs made reading the actual text harder while serving as a distraction.
As you might guess, I am glad to see them gone. What used to go into sig blocks can now go into your profile. Anyone who's interested can just click. It's a much better setup all around.
When ye olde Eternal September hit, many new users did not realize B1FF was satire, and thus chose to emulate the coolest dude on the internet.
This brings back fond memories.
I'm glad about them in AAR forums for Paradox games.
Yeah lot of space taken up with signatures. Profile Pic is enough. Even places that allowed them had size limits to keep them from being obnoxious.
comment: lol
signature: 183 eye cancer animated emojis, API call showing your IP address and user-agent back to you, misaligned ASCII art and a grainy cat gif
Lmao