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I feel like I'm about to launch into a Jerry Seinfeld routine . . .
"So, what's up with the membername-sigs? Do they stand for:"
"Unlike the others . . me . . I'm really personable . . "? (Gee, now I understand why I like him so much more! He signs his membername!)
"I want you to know IT'S ME . . "? (I feel so . . unknown? I mean he signs his membername and I don't! Then, a tinge of jealousy sets in . . I want one too! I want a membername-sig!)
"This here post is official! It's signed by me!" (Hey, I better pay attention and show my respect! It's by him! Besides, what's not to like about making it official?)
"I AM official, therefore I sign . . "? ("Webwork, CEO, PITA, ESQ")
"In case you didn't notice, this post is brought to you by ME . . "? (Maybe I should sign multiple times . . in bold?)
"I really like myself . . "? (Signed, me, me, me.)
"I'm not getting enough (?) and want more (?). . credit . . presence . . proof of . . "? (Copyright @ Webwork)
"I AM! . . " (See, that's MY name there!)
What happens when everyone starts signing their membername? Oh, the consequences! How will we know . . whatever it is that membernames help us to distinguish . . when everyone has one? Ahhhhhh . .!
Membername sigs are a bit anomolous given the proximity of the bold membername that appears next to the post. There appearance, especially in short posts - such as (I'm not saying who!) posts - leave me feeling just a bit . . puzzled. ;0/ "Oh, this post really was made by membername! Gee, I didn't know that. Thanks for the reassurance."
I guess for the poster their sig is not superfluous - since "it's there . . on the page . . " - but that still leaves me a-wonderin:
Do you sign your posts with your membername? Err . . . why, might I ask?
Webwork
Oh no! They're infectious!
[edited by: Webwork at 3:58 pm (utc) on May 16, 2007]
Do you sign your posts with your membername?
I never sign my posts with my member name.
Rocker
Also I think it's real personal, some folks sign their real name to posts instead of 'nick name' ~ I like to see it, and try to respect it when I do
So yes you're an automaton! :)
Suzy
I think its Yehudi Bollingstad, again maybe not.
A rose by any other name.....
(please do not alert the authorities!)
Per Webwork's ontological reference from Wikipedia:
In both computer science and information science, an ontology is a data model that represents a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships between those concepts. It is used to reason about the objects within that domain.
Forget whatever you've heard about Google and underscores, it was the moment of epiphany about keyword co-occurrence.
(signed)
Marcia,
Who is either obsessively onto something or has too much time on her hands
Marshall
(Former day job - Chief of Police - who'd a thunk it)
I believe I remember something like that mentioned in a browser thread re NS4+. And if I remember right, don't you also like calamari?
Marshall
(See, I signed it)
members sigs are not quite the same on www, seeing as this is a different environment,
I guess y'all know what I mean,
its all good
Number one rule i.e.
Never use a simple word when an obscure complicated word can be found.
Example, Etiology, meaning, the cause of.
Example, Ontological, meaning,the classification of
individuals.
Example, Fora, meaning forums
Example, epiphany, meaning, a revelation, a manifestation.
* source Wikipedia.
" A college education is a terrible thing to waste "
epiphany, meaning, a revelation, a manifestation
Examples:
Pagerank is Googles hole in the donut.
Wassup does not mean the same thing as what's up.
Stuff like that there kinda stuff.
You could go before a Senate hearing and bewilder them all.
They would be wishing term limitations were still in effect
From now on any word over three syllables long I am going to check them out with you.
Henceforth you will be known as Marcia/pedia.
[edited by: engine at 5:48 pm (utc) on May 17, 2007]
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Do you sign your posts with your membername? Err . . . why, might I ask?
With others, it has a "feel" that they might be kind of newish or less than the aggressive type, and it's a way of declaring being an actual "person" instead of just a series of characters in a name. No way to tell really, but that's just a slight impression or suspicion that's happened sometimes.
Actually, I kind of like it when someone signs their real name if they've got a handle. It sort of personalizes things; it's more of a sense of personal community, one on one, to be able to call someone by their real name.
And notice that people "speak to" members by name in threads more often when they're using a real name.
I think some folks just don't feel right until the sig is added. It's like parting one's hair just so or organizing one's sock draw or desktop or . . . Some folks just have to sign, thought perhaps not all for the same reason.
I really don't want to know why. I just want to wildly speculate and poke fun at an otherwise perfectly acceptable, non-offensive, cordial, mannerly, friendly, normal, personable, . . . eccentricity or quirkiness or just darned strange habit of signing one's nic to a post clearly already attributable to that nic. ;-P
C'mon, let's have some more strange hypotheses for this behavior. None of this serious stuff. We all know that nic signers are just plain . . . .
C'mon, let's have some more strange hypotheses for this behavior. None of this serious stuff.
People who sign their posts with their member names are usually fun-loving, happy people who are looking to communicate in the forum on a higher social level.
People who don't sign their posts are anti-social freaks. If it wasn't for figuring out how to make more money, from their sites, they wouldn't even be here.
Rocker
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I'm personally perfectly willing to stand up and be counted. :)
TJ
I know a few big words too!
Marshall
;)
Signed,
Mom
I think it is a territorial thing, a way to say this is me,
I have been here and these are my thoughts (territory)
Unlike animals we cant pee on the bushes to leave our mark so we write our name. Its been that way since the cave man left his hand print on the wall. Jack aka King Fisher (on the other hand this might just be a pile of rubbish!)
[edited by: engine at 5:50 pm (utc) on May 17, 2007]
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Maybe that was the caveman's way of washing his hands? What say ye caveman? ;-P
[edited by: engine at 5:50 pm (utc) on May 17, 2007]
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People who don't sign their posts are anti-social freaks.
Now that I know it doesn't matter...I won't :)
My apologies to the Good Bard for paraphrasing some of Hamlet.
Do you sign your posts with your membername? Err . . . why, might I ask?
I don't. err.. at least I think I don't.. I mean I don't think I do..
But if I did.. my reason would be
"Because by the time I get round to asking a question here I'm so darn confuzzled from trying to find an answer on my own that my post becomes impossibly longwinded so that you haven't a hope in hell of remembering who actually wrote the darn thing by the time you get to the end, and you'd have to scroll so far back up to see my name, regardless of how big your screen is or how fine your resolution is, that you'd be in serious danger of a repetitive strain in your scrolling hand and I'd hate to be responsible for an injury to anyone who had the goodwill and sticktoitiveness to get through one of my questions"
Yeah.
Sumpin like dat.
Ann
Is it fair to say that "being personal or personable" (or helpful, respectful, etc.) is far more - by miles and miles - what you and I find in the context and character of on-board verbal interaction?
Trolls have sigs too. I love it when trolls sign. It's clearly a case of "If you didn't get it the first time THIS MESSAGE is brought to you by TROLL". ;-P
I dunno. There ARE some very sweet people in this world. I imagine some of them aren't writing posts, they're writing us letters that they sign. If possible their posts would have a floral border, no doubt. Ann comes to mind (except when someone steps on her flowers - then look out). ;)
The significance of a sig, methinks, IS personal . . to the person.
So many versions of humanity. It's a wonder we all manage to get along so well . . . for the most part.
-SONNY
