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Posted by: Recon Number 54
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Posted by: Recon Number 54
I will admit that it places more importance on the content of one's post.
However (and part of me is reluctant to mention it, but I am certain that members will start even if I didn't) I suspect that people will start manually "sigging" their posts because they feel that they have "lost billboard space".
I don't know. If it becomes prevalent, I could probably then test out the new ninja-warning feature.
Is someone going to start 'ninja-warning' Steve for manually sigging his posts?
--Wayne senses a potential double-standard.
That is a valid point. But one thing that I notice about Anton/Steve's third person postscripts are that not a single one is copy-paste and all are relevant to his reply.
Also, I don't mind (too terribly) small "manual sigs" of initials that TGP and many others use to close their post. I was speaking more of someone using "copy-paste" to close out every post they make with 3-15 lines of advertisement, self-promotion, misleading links, and other annoyances.
You bring up a good point, and I thank you for asking me to clarify and refine my thinking. I hope that my explanation is more reasonable and makes my thoughts on the matter seem less arbitrary and soulless.
I too see your point, Recon.
I guess the only foreseeable problem is that it may be difficult to draw the line. C/P situations are easily spotted, but if our time on bnet has taught us anything it's that the kiddies can be inventive.
In such situations there are always gray areas which will inevitably cause problems when trying to enforce any such rule.
I, for one, am (and admittedly irrationally so) annoyed by Steve's post-scripts and by other users who feel the need to manually sign their posts be it with initials, or something more...third person.
I say that only to illustrate that I know that, while it bugs the hell out of me, there's no reason to force them to stop. It's all a matter of preference. I'm glad I'm not a mod forced to make that judgment call.