When reading an interesting discussion with many short replies, I just realized that seeing the same signatures over and over is not really helpful. It breaks up the flow with redundant information. So I decided to move my 1-line signature with a link to my linktree to my profile text instead. I think that is the polite thing to do.
What do you think?
Having a one-line signature is maybe okay, but wasting several lines to show of the same links, flags and logos over and over is like stealing time, screen space, and bandwidth from the readers. Don’t you think?
I agree, more than one or maybe two lines disturbs more than it helps. But I appreciate to see the real first name of those, who use a completely different username in Connect.
To anyone reading this, you can also go to Preferences > Profile and scroll down to a setting where you can turn off signatures, so you don’t need to see anybody’s signature if it gets too distracting.
I’ve never had a signature. After the last TRAC season I was given a badge that I could upload in the signature area like the other participants, but I gave up in frustration.
From my email training, I know that a repetitive signature on every answer in a long conversation is undesirable. Worse yet, when persons have a long signature under a short answer,
