(Poll) Should I do my signing?

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What's your opinion?

Poll ended at February 18th, 2023, 4:11 pm

Yes, keep it as it is
0
No votes
Yes, keep it as it is and put into the signature
0
No votes
Yes, use the shorter version
0
No votes
Yes, use the shorter version in the signature
4
57%
Neutral
1
14%
Please stop it
2
29%
 
Total votes: 7

BokaBB
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(Poll) Should I do my signing?

Post by BokaBB » February 8th, 2023, 4:11 pm

Hey ya. I'm really sorry for posting this here but for some reason polls can't be done in The Sandbox, so I posted it in what I think is the closest forum available because it's about my use of the website. I think this is not an unimportant topic and may also apply to other users.

(in this post 'signing' will mean the words I put at the end and 'signature' will mean the automatically added part at the end, please distinguish)

So you are probably aware by now I have a somewhat unusual practice of putting quite elaborate signings at the end of my messages. The current form of it is this:

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night and sweet dreams!
Enjoy your life and all the best! May THE LORD help you!
Have a suuuuperior day (and this all also to your own)!

BokaBB

However, for most of the past I used this one instead:

Have a good day!

BokaBB

with elaborations being a rather recent phenomenon that evolved outside this forum. The reason why did I add the elaborations is the fact I occasionally used to add other things at the end to certain people and because I thought exceptions aren't a good thing. The current form is so complex, in fact, that dl-rs parodied it recently here: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5553&p=156381#p156381
(dl-rs, if you are reading this, it's not a big thing).

I'd like to know the public opinion on this somewhat more. It has been addressed several times by several people already but I was rather too egocentric at those times to listen to it too much. Plus only a few people ever adressed it.

Please vote in as big numbers as possible because I think this is a topic worth discussing if I'm to be here comfortably. Will stop signing 'til then and gonna remove it from the signature too 'til the poll ends.
777
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Sure, I was a bad person, but I have changed myself.
I'd love to befriend anybody who's interested.
Have a good day!

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Re: (Poll) Should I do my signing?

Post by Book » February 8th, 2023, 5:10 pm

BokaBB wrote:
February 8th, 2023, 4:11 pm
Please vote in as big numbers as possible because I think this is a topic worth discussing if I'm to be here comfortably. Will stop signing 'til then and gonna remove it from the signature too 'til the poll ends.
For many years, I had a close friend who, when I asked a question like this, would say something like, "If you're asking, you already know the answer." Which troubled me each time because I really wanted his opinion, I had asked him because I wanted his feedback. So here's mine to you: I appreciate when someone signs their posts with their name. I find other uses of signatures annoying, my degree of annoyance correlated with the length of the signing.
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Re: (Poll) Should I do my signing?

Post by BokaBB » February 8th, 2023, 5:15 pm

Book wrote:
February 8th, 2023, 5:10 pm
BokaBB wrote:
February 8th, 2023, 4:11 pm
Please vote in as big numbers as possible because I think this is a topic worth discussing if I'm to be here comfortably. Will stop signing 'til then and gonna remove it from the signature too 'til the poll ends.
For many years, I had a close friend who, when I asked a question like this, would say something like, "If you're asking, you already know the answer." Which troubled me each time because I really wanted his opinion, I had asked him because I wanted his feedback. So here's mine to you: I appreciate when someone signs their posts with their name. I find other uses of signatures annoying, my degree of annoyance correlated with the length of the signing.
Good to know your opinion and I fully respect it but I have to disagree. I have no idea what an average forum user thinks of. Someone might like it as much as you hate it.

Do you like the shorter version?
777
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Sure, I was a bad person, but I have changed myself.
I'd love to befriend anybody who's interested.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

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Re: (Poll) Should I do my signing?

Post by BokaBB » February 9th, 2023, 2:35 am

Book wrote:
February 8th, 2023, 5:10 pm
BokaBB wrote:
February 8th, 2023, 4:11 pm
Please vote in as big numbers as possible because I think this is a topic worth discussing if I'm to be here comfortably. Will stop signing 'til then and gonna remove it from the signature too 'til the poll ends.
For many years, I had a close friend who, when I asked a question like this, would say something like, "If you're asking, you already know the answer." Which troubled me each time because I really wanted his opinion, I had asked him because I wanted his feedback. So here's mine to you: I appreciate when someone signs their posts with their name. I find other uses of signatures annoying, my degree of annoyance correlated with the length of the signing.
Hey ya. I'm really sorry for double-posting, but I'm considering removing the signing entirely for people who dislike it even though there's some that like it. Thoughts?
777
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Sure, I was a bad person, but I have changed myself.
I'd love to befriend anybody who's interested.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

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Re: (Poll) Should I do my signing?

Post by BokaBB » February 18th, 2023, 12:35 pm

So, the poll ended. The turnout was far, far worse than I expected, but I'll nevertheless honour its results for now. Do you think I should repeat it in hope of a better turnout?
777
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Sure, I was a bad person, but I have changed myself.
I'd love to befriend anybody who's interested.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

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