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Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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Date: 
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:34:18 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
news:37BAC40E.8DA1F222@voyager.net...

I'm not sure I buy this. What value, exactly, does a signature bring? It
seems decorative, and the value is mostly to the appender being able to
make:


I think it's mostly a netiquete problem which compounds JW's other netiquete
deficiencies.  Maybe it's just nice to know there is a real person behind the
post who takes responsibility for what he or she has just said.  By itself I
doubt it would be a big deal, as I imagine there are others on LUGNET who post
without signing (or leave out caps and punctuation) and people overlook it.


-Tim <><


I finally got that one.

-John Van (I even type my sig each time--talk about personal :)



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  Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
 
(...) Having a sig does nothing, imo, to make a message more personal or make it clearer that a person had something to do with it. My newsreader injects sig.txt into my messages every time I post on - I have nothing to do with it. (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
 
(...) I think I'm with Larry on this one. While a .sig is certainly traditional, I wouldn't go so far as to call it required by netiquette. (Especially in cases like lugnet, where there's not much fear of the header info being lost.) And actually, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
 
(...) as i pointed out to todd in a personal email days ago.. it's true.. people do overlook certain netiquette-breaking rules, depending on the overall picture you've painted of yourself and your demeanor... i never deal with titlecase when writing (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
 
(...) I'm not sure I buy this. What value, exactly, does a signature bring? It seems decorative, and the value is mostly to the appender being able to make: (...) political statements or statements about their belief systems (...) more information (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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