Finishing a post with your username at the bottom

Van Hellseek · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:11

Angus-Higgins said:
*snip*

yeah bandwidth isn't an issue. it's the fact that it's IRRITATING that is the issue.

Kezmo · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:39

Bugs the hell out of me, dunno why, specially those peeps that only reply with 1 or 2 words then sign there name -.-

MoNkeE · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:59

Noxis said:
Unfortunately you end up looking a tool every time you "sign off". Now correct me if I am wrong but unless you log out of the forum, close your browser and shut your machine down every time you post in the forum... you are not signing off? Perhaps it'd be acceptable if you signed the FINAL post in a thread and not every single one.... but you don't.

You are entering into a conversation that's in flow, to extend examples made in this very thread:

Me: Hey how are you? Nox.
Mate: I am fine....
Me: So what you get up to this weekend? Nox.
Mate: Went out, got minced. The usual.
Me: Ah cool, I just painted the kitchen all weekend. Nox.
Mate: Why the &*%^ do you keep saying your name at the end of every sentence?
Me: Dunno, pretentious I guess. Nox.

Just looks stupid, makes people sound stupid and is totally unnecessary. Its a whole attention whore (hope your not in Ipswich ) thing and really makes me grind my teeth every time.

A FORUM POST IS A CONVERSATION NOT A FLAMING FORMAL LETTER OR EMAIL!!!

Oh great - another poster that feels that the way to win an argument is to be as pedantic as possible. Really, we all know what we mean by "signing off" in a reply - to leave a brief message at the end of whatever they were saying. I'm guessing by the way you argue, that when someone is described as Gay, you think them to happy as adversed to homosexual?

Secondly, when exactly was a forum discussion regarded as being strictly informal? I must've missed that memo, because I always thought the definition of a forum was a place for discussion. Discussions, if my grasp of the English language is correct, can be both formal or informal - it's entirely dependant on the parties involved. So please, tell me where you have conjured up the idea that anything posted in a forum must be informal?

Thirdly, using an instant or verble conversation as an example as to why you think it's a stupid idea is slightly flawed. As with everything, a bit of context is needed. Memo's are not formal, yet I often sign them off with "-Wills" at the end just for clarification's sake.

As it's been said several times - you either like it or you don't. To call someone retarded, or even berate them at all soley due to the fact they type a few extra characters on the end of their post, is just childish.

-RaZ

james.miller · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:24

CaSh_MoNeY said:
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i totally agree!

.miller

ps: if you think its that much of a problem, you must be absolutely TERRIFIED of real life.

Augmented · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:26

Angus-Higgins said:
Think about the amount of text regarding the number of characters in a post. If we say that a post could be about 500 characters (a bit high, but not massive), then 13 characters (a lot for signing off text) is only 2.6%. Longer posts will have over 2000 characters, so there will be even less of a percentage.

Yes, except that you're forgetting that the extra linebreak you add before your signing off text is yet another byte of bandwidth being used, making it a whopping 2.8% of a 500 character post...

Actually, I really couldn't care one way or the other, I just couldn't help replying to your post seeing how much effort you'd put into it.

ElRazur · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:28

This thread gives me joke. It shows how we pick on trival things and just blow it huge.

fini · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:29

CaSh_MoNeY said:
Just do what i have done and add them to your ignore list.

Ignore lists really are pathetic things - they're the web equivalent of sticking two fingers in your ears and shouting 'la la la I'm not listening'

fini

DELETED_36704 · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:33

james.miller said:
i totally agree!

.miller

ps: if you think its that much of a problem, you must be absolutely TERRIFIED of real life.

Great assumption there! don’t know how you came to it but hey...

It just annoys me, just like people who eat with their mouth open...you know what i mean :mad:

yhack · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:35

CaSh_MoNeY said:
It just annoys me, just like people who eat with their mouth open...you know what i mean

Yeah those people should be killed.
:rolleyes:

Jofujofu · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:37

CaSh_MoNeY said:
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You add people to your ignore list because they put there name at the end of a post? :confused:

Paul

Biohazard · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:38

Yes, I add one person to my ignore per day. Reason being if I do that for long enough eventially it will be just me and whoever on here annoys me the least

SiriusB · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:39

yhack said:
Yeah those people should be killed.

And put on an ignore list. But wait, real-life doesn't have one of those....

"lalalalalalala"

SiriusB

ElRazur · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:41

Jofujofu said:
You add people to your ignore list because they put there name at the end of a post?

Paul

lol...i love this forum man.

DELETED_36704 · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:41

fini said:
Ignore lists really are pathetic things - they're the web equivalent of sticking two fingers in your ears and shouting 'la la la I'm not listening'

No they are not, they are there for a reason.

Ignore lists are invaluable especially on this forum

fini said:
fini

Signing your name at the end of each post is stupid.

james.miller · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:45

CaSh_MoNeY said:
Great assumption there! don’t know how you came to it but hey...

easy. you dont have the balls or capacity to deal with your 'issue' on a forum. Quite easy to see why wouldnt hack real life all that well.

"oh no they're signing off each post. what to do, what to do....eeek id better put them on ignore. yeah, that'll show 'em."

well done there, give that man a cookie!

Jofujofu · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:46

james.miller said:
easy. you dont have the balls or capacity to deal with your 'issue' on a forum. Quite easy to see why wouldnt hack real life all that well.

"oh no they're signing off each post. what to do, what to do....eeek id better put them on ignore. yeah, that'll show 'em."

well done there, give that man a cookie!

ROFL!

Paul

iamdjdz · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:48

Kezmo said:
Bugs the hell out of me, dunno why, specially those peeps that only reply with 1 or 2 words then sign there name -.-

me too

Rich

Angus-Higgins · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:50

Augmented said:
Actually, I really couldn't care one way or the other, I just couldn't help replying to your post seeing how much effort you'd put into it.

Fair enough; I didn't put much effort in really, I can talk about nothing for a long time (if I want), especially in writing.

Angus Higgins

KizZ · 18 Dec 2006 at 19:50

A2Z said:
...is there a need for it?

No. Bandwidth wasters :mad:

DELETED_36704 · 18 Dec 2006 at 20:00

james.miller said:
easy. you dont have the balls or capacity to deal with your 'issue' on a forum. Quite easy to see why wouldnt hack real life all that well.

"oh no they're signing off each post. what to do, what to do....eeek id better put them on ignore. yeah, that'll show 'em."

well done there, give that man a cookie!

See this is why i love the ignore list, because people like you who are stuck ** ***** *** *** are just one click away from not annoying me anymore

For you to take something ive said about an annoyance that i have and reply with that garble shows just how unstable you must me.

Lol, its nothing to do with 'balls or capacity' <--- funniest thing ive heard in ages btw, its annoying for ME that’s all.

Have a cookie yourself .miller