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Why do you sign your posts?
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I really don't know. It seems very pointless to sign off on every single post.
I don't get why they don't just stick it in their signature and be done with it.
It really serves no purpose with usernames and signatures and looks more than a bit daft, but sure who cares.0 -
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Huh, the texting thing is interesting. Never done it and never realized not doing it could be bad manners! Though perhaps it's a generational thing, and I've only really had a mobile for 4 years.
The way I look at it is, texting and forums and the like are basically just discussions. While they may not be verbal, they're still back and forth and at a relatively consistent pace. You wouldn't say your name after you stop talking in real life when you're conversing, so why do it on a forum or in a text?
It's not like a letter or an email which aren't really instant communication and tend to encompass a lot of things at once. It isn't as much like a live conversation, so it makes sense to sign those for etiquette purposes.
I dunno. I'm probably just weird.0 -
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You wouldn't say your name after you stop talking in real life when you're conversing
:eek:genius:D
I'm going to try this for a week !!!!!not really but someone should :Ppickarooney wrote: »Do people add their names in emails if they have an automatic signature? I'm never sure as it seems kind of rude not to but repetitive to do so.
I never use an automatic signature because i use one email account for various different things - work, personal etc etc. I see no need to subject friends to my professional qualifications etc with every email (thou one of my friends does this.....and my how we slag him
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Yes, sorry OP, i was being pedantic as usual.feelingstressed wrote: »Thank you Sisko, I could not have summed it up better
If I normally signed my posts I would not have started this thread
Not my intention but if it seems that way, so be it0 -
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The way I look at it is, texting and forums and the like are basically just discussions. While they may not be verbal, they're still back and forth and at a relatively consistent pace. You wouldn't say your name after you stop talking in real life when you're conversing, so why do it on a forum or in a text?
It's not like a letter or an email which aren't really instant communication and tend to encompass a lot of things at once. It isn't as much like a live conversation, so it makes sense to sign those for etiquette purposes.
That may well be combined withI'm just showing my age, I suppose.
I've been involved with this InterWeb thing since long before there were bulletin boards or even before Usenet groups entered great popularity. Social interaction on the Web came usually by way of email lists. Entire conversations and debates would be carried out in the form of mails, not 'instant conversation'. And, as convention of the time, emails would be signed off by at least your initials. Partially out of politness, and also partially to show that yes, your email server did download the entire file and there's nothing left to read.
As a result, my habit is simply a carry-over from the way things used to be done. I would not be one bit surprised to note that it is predominantly a generational thing.
NTM0 -
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I would only ever sign a text message if I was texting someone who may not have my number.
As for forum posts as someone said chances are most people that do it are of an older generation but its only particular individuals from that generation that do it.
It often comes across as an attempt to stand out from the crowd, to be seen as more mature then the common poster.
"Behold, my mature and insightful post. Written in proper English and with no grammar or spelling errors. This is a post by a mature and level headed individual, a gem amongst all the childish flaming and internet speak the rest of this thread is filled with. If you are also a mature poster like me, you will thank this post."
Amusing how so much an be read from a single name signing
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