Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!nebulus!druid!darcy From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions Subject: Re: Are signature lines distracting? Message-ID: <1990Jan7.171631.6806@druid.uucp> Date: 7 Jan 90 17:16:31 GMT References: <659@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <15068@bfmny0.UU.NET> <662@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <2241@stealth.acf.nyu.edu> Reply-To: darcy@druid.UUCP (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) Distribution: usa Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting, West Hill, Ontario Lines: 28 In article <2241@stealth.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: >A line or two giving various addresses is useful and not too distracting. >A quote is fine if it matches the tone of the article and content of the >newsgroup closely enough. On the other hand, a randomly generated fortune >is sheer waste. > >---Dan One thing I like about .signature lines is that I can see who wrote something *after* I have read the article and have decided whether I care who wrote it. I also like to know where someone is from sometimes (E.G: For sale articles) and this information is not always available otherwise. (I made sure it was part of my Organization line.) Again this information is nice when found at the end of the article. One thing I don't like is signature lines that are extremely long. I don't so much mind lots of text in a few lines (although some of those can give you a headache) but some go on for line after line with 1 or 2 characters on each line. In some cases I like to know where the poster is writing from. Have you ever read a for sale article and wanted to know where in the world the item was? granted the poster should supply this information but often doesn't. An item may interest you if it is local but not across the -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | Thank goodness we don't get all D'Arcy Cain Consulting | the government we pay for. West Hill, Ontario, Canada | No disclaimers. I agree with me |