General Is my signature too lengthy?
- Thread starter Velrun
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11 lines is way too long, especially since it's just a list of upcoming sets (which I'm pretty sure that the folks around here don't need a constant reminder of).
Also, and this is because it has been bothering me... if you don't have access to superscripts, the convention for ordinals in English is to just write them as, say, 7th or 9th, not 7'th or 9'th.
Also, and this is because it has been bothering me... if you don't have access to superscripts, the convention for ordinals in English is to just write them as, say, 7th or 9th, not 7'th or 9'th.
I’m not bothered by the length, but I think your signature should be about you, not a list of upcoming sets. If you had 11 lines of links to your cubes, your blog, your Twitter, etc I’d be okay with that. If I wanted to know the next 11 sets I’d go to a WotC marketing page.
Onderzeeboot
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I would be bothered by that still. I'm reading this forum on iPad mainly, and Velrun's signature literally takes up a third of my screen. In threads with a couple of his posts in short succession, I'm scrolling through more real estate devoted to his signature than to the actual conversation people are having. In short, 11 lines is just excessive imho
3 to 4 lines feels about the max for happy scrolling on an iPad. For example, I'm not bothered by LadyMapi's signature length.Edit: For comparison, this is a screenshot of the first three posts.
It's also the post to signature ratio that catches my eye here. Like, the signature is almost four times as long as the post itself.
PS. Yes, I need to charge my battery
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Onderzeeboot
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I just checked, on mobile the signatures are hidden in portrait mode, but when you switch to landscape they are shown!
Chris Taylor
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Can you spoiler block your signature?
Onderzeeboot
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Holy shit you can! You do get a blue button in your signature though
Chris Taylor
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Holy shit you can! You do get a blue button in your signature though
Can you or @Chris Taylor me a guide for dummies?
Onderzeeboot
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Yes, no problem! You can simply use something like:
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[spoiler=Upcoming sets]Sep 9 2022 Dominaria United
Oct 7 2022 Warhammer 40,000
Oct 7 2022 Unfinity
Oct 17 2022 Warhammer 40,000 Secret Lair
Nov 18 2022 The Brothers' War
Jan 13 2023 Dominaria Remastered
Winter 2023 Phyrexia: All Will Be One
Spring 2023 March of the Machine
Spring 2023 March of the Machine: The Aftermath
Fall 2023 Wilds of Eldraine
Winter 2023 The Lost Caverns of Ixalan[/spoiler]And it will look like this in your signature:
Sep 9 2022 Dominaria United
Oct 7 2022 Warhammer 40,000
Oct 7 2022 Unfinity
Oct 17 2022 Warhammer 40,000 Secret Lair
Nov 18 2022 The Brothers' War
Jan 13 2023 Dominaria Remastered
Winter 2023 Phyrexia: All Will Be One
Spring 2023 March of the Machine
Spring 2023 March of the Machine: The Aftermath
Fall 2023 Wilds of Eldraine
Winter 2023 The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Oct 7 2022 Warhammer 40,000
Oct 7 2022 Unfinity
Oct 17 2022 Warhammer 40,000 Secret Lair
Nov 18 2022 The Brothers' War
Jan 13 2023 Dominaria Remastered
Winter 2023 Phyrexia: All Will Be One
Spring 2023 March of the Machine
Spring 2023 March of the Machine: The Aftermath
Fall 2023 Wilds of Eldraine
Winter 2023 The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
You can add markup as you wish, like bolding the dates, or using Phyrexian mana symbol, etc.
Your request is my demand. I don't like deleting threads, but I have locked this one as we got what we needed to out of this and now it can fade into obscurity.
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