A Modest Proposal Regarding Posting Etiquette

[Rick TYler]

The polite, helpful tone in the ChiefDelphi FIRST forum is one of its main strengths. It remains a shining example that not all Web forums must degenerate into flame wars, trolling, porn, and advertising. It is truly refreshing. I would like to suggest an addition to the group posting standards.

Excessively long signature blocks make reading the forum much more difficult. I sometimes feel like I spend more time scrolling past huge sigs (nearly all of which I've seen before) than I do reading. This is especially painful when someone posts a one-line response that then includes a huge sig block. Here is a sample of a post with five percent signal and ninety-five percent noise:

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You could just use the Skyway wheels from the KOP.

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Bobby Smith


Rookie in 2002


Team Fierce Wombats!!3!


I want to work with dolphins after I graduate from college:





Use Linux!


Stacie and Bobby 4EvuR!


Give me a hug at the Phoenix regional!

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How about a little forum rule limiting signature blocks to five or six lines of text, or graphics images no more than 150 pixels high?

My page-down finger gets sore reading this forum.