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Quoting member's posts in sigs?

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What are the unwritten rules regarding quoting other members' posts in one's signature?

Are all uninfracted, non rule-breaking posts fair-game to be used in our sigs?
 
I think if they (the people in your sig) complain you have to remove them.
 
I would think that if someone reveals personal info in a post (name, address, phone number, legal status, etc), such post should not be used in another's sig.
 
I feel it's a form of baiting.
 
I had someone quoted in my sig, but I was messaged to remove it because that person complained. The mod also said that "rule 14 states that signatures can not be used to taunt or insult another member."
 
Its one thing to post quotes by people that are silly, dumb, or embarrassing. But posts that reveal personal information, such as medication someone is on, past criminal acts, legal situations, being the victim of a crime, name, address, etc etc....should not be allowed in sigs.

Or...we could just forbid all quotes from sigs. Keep it simple.
 
Quite frankly, many users do that here, including you, ironically. So long as it's an upstairs, honest quote of someone upstairs, then no problem. It's not my fault you posted that upstairs. You do this all of the time, yet I do it once and now suddenly it's a big issue? Golly.

If I typed in my sig "Thunder's an idiot/troll/baiter/weasel/word-twister/scourge/freak/moron," then that's understandable.

Yet here you had three quotes in your sig, doing exactly what you're speaking out against.

Its one thing to post quotes by people that are silly, dumb, or embarrassing.
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This is absolutely what I did. Great. We're done here.
 
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As a rule, I always ask permission before I put somebody's words in my sig. The current sig actually came from the chat room some of us frequent, but DA said it was okay for me to post it on the site. As did SB, Factor, and others I've placed there in the past. I have no desire in reiterating anybody's special brand of stupid, so I doubt you'll ever see me post a sig designed to showcase it.
 
Its pretty simple: if someone politely asks you to remove a quote of theirs that's in your sig., you should remove it.

If someone asks me to remove a quote of theirs from my sig., I do it.
 
Thunder said:
Its pretty simple: if someone politely asks you to remove a quote of theirs that's in your sig., you should remove it.

If someone asks me to remove a quote of theirs from my sig., I do it.
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How about PMs?

I won't remove the post unless a moderator advises me to. You have done what you've spoken out against and more, so I'll let the mods decide.
 
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Thunder said:
Its pretty simple: if someone politely asks you to remove a quote of theirs that's in your sig., you should remove it.

If someone asks me to remove a quote of theirs from my sig., I do it.
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I wouldn't have the cajones to ask someone to not do what i was doing.
 
1Perry said:
I wouldn't have the cajones to ask someone to not do what i was doing.
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Again, when someone asks you to remove a quote of theirs in your sig., you should remove it.

If someone asked me to remove a quote of theirs in my sig., I would promptly comply.
 
Wake said:
Quite frankly, many users do that here, including you, ironically. So long as it's an upstairs, honest quote of someone upstairs, then no problem. It's not my fault you posted that upstairs. You do this all of the time, yet I do it once and now suddenly it's a big issue? Golly.

If I typed in my sig "Thunder's an idiot/troll/baiter/weasel/word-twister/scourge/freak/moron," then that's understandable.

Yet here you had three quotes in your sig, doing exactly what you're speaking out against.



This is absolutely what I did. Great. We're done here.
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I see by looking at your signature what this post is about.

Thunder, I'm not sure why you should care.

#1 -- Everyone realizes that your statement may not even be true.
#2 -- Who cares?
#3 -- Who's Thunder? ;)

It does seem mean-spirited, though, but I think a lot of the sigs have a mean-spirited intent.

Complain to the mods and see what they say about it. But I'm thinkin' it's prolly fair game. JMVHO.
 
Is this thread in regard to Wake's quote of you in his signature? One can only hope not, since you had a quote of him in yours when you originally started this thread.
 
OT but I never understood the point of using sigs. They clutter the post, and after they've been seen once, they're just noise anyway. I block them for those reasons.
 
Thunder said:
I would think that if someone reveals personal info in a post (name, address, phone number, legal status, etc), such post should not be used in another's sig.
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revealing personal info of that nature is against the rules anyway.

13. Privacy - Posting personal email addresses, full names, places of employment, and phone numbers (etc.) for any purpose will not be tolerated. This is a breach of privacy, and you could lose your posting privileges permanently.

The posting of PMs sent to you from another poster are considered private and can also not be posted. If this is done, the post will be deleted and further consequences may occur. This does NOT apply to the Binky sub-forum in regards to posting PMs sent by any member of the Moderation Team regarding Warnings, Infractions, or other issues concerning moderation.
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megaprogman said:
revealing personal info of that nature is against the rules anyway.
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that is of course true.

but still, one would hope that if someone politely asks someone else to remove his quote from their sig., they would do so.

I have had such requests sent to me in the past, and have of course complied.
 
Thunder said:
that is of course true.

but still, one would hope that if someone politely asks someone else to remove his quote from their sig., they would do so.

I have had such requests sent to me in the past, and have of course complied.
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That is a separate issue and one I chose not to comment on as I am not the voice of the mods when it comes to most of the forum.
 
tessaesque said:
As a rule, I always ask permission before I put somebody's words in my sig. The current sig actually came from the chat room some of us frequent, but DA said it was okay for me to post it on the site. As did SB, Factor, and others I've placed there in the past. I have no desire in reiterating anybody's special brand of stupid, so I doubt you'll ever see me post a sig designed to showcase it.
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No you may not use it. :P
 
Actually, given the slogan of this website, I would think one would hope that our members would be adult enough not to use their sigs as a means to attempt to "stick it" to someone, "Call out" someone, "point out the idiocy/craziness/ignorance/ridiculousness/etc" of someone, "mock" someone, "taunt" someone, or any other form of goading with signatures. Indeed, when speaking of things I would think that one would hope is the case, my first thought goes to hoping that our members aren't so juvenile as to think that such a thing is the appropriate use of signature lines in the first place...NOT that if they get called out on it and asked to remove it that they do it. I would like to think that one would hope that it never actually should have to GET to that point.

Just my take.
 
I only did it b/c Thunder had a quote about me in his sig, and I figured Thunder wouldn't listen if I asked.

Guess I could have asked him first. Don't quote people/say/do things to make them look bad and they won't respond in kind.
 
I've always objected to the practice of taking 3 or 4 words in a sentence and using them out-of-context as a sig line to be incredibly disingenuous. For example, "What kind of mother would I be if I let my children play on the freeway?" abbreviated to "...I let my children play on the freeway" as an attempt to insult and embarrass me. (That didn't happen here, but something similar happened at another forum.)

I also find people changing people's quotes in their reply to contain an insulting statement the person never made to be an objectionable practice, one that should be curtailed even in dark, unmentionable places. :)
 
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