Pixies Place Forums - View Single Post - Time for a signature cutback!!!!!!!!!

Ok, well here is what I think, and hence what is going to happen.

Rygel has made a valid thread, and a valid point regardless of his percieved status. He posted a poll so that people could express their opinions anonymously and without offending others.

So firstly I will say why I think it is actually a good idea to moderate the signatures.

Importantly, large signatures slow down the site - every user has to download those signatures each time that user makes a post. This means pages are bigger and hence take longer for you to download to your computer.
Bigger pages also take up more bandwidth which means Pixies-Place's server takes longer to send the pages to your computers.

Aesthetically I also think it is nice to have some uniformity with regard to page layout, and therefore with the signatures.

Signatures that do take up 15 lines plus are a nuisance to scroll past, repeatedly. Users shouldn't have to switch off signatures altogether as they are good to read, and interesting - but shouldnt get in the way of reading the thread. Signatures of excessive length do this.

So in regard to these opinions I have reduced the font used in signatures, to compact them. I think this is a good idea because it allows people to write more in a smaller space and therefore signatures will no longer get in the way of reading a thread.
In addition to this I will be adding a maximum number of lines that a signature can be. This will be a generous quota of 7 lines.
I feel this amount of space is ample for anyone to fully express themselves as they wish.

In the meantime I will ask people with long signatures to please reasses them and try and get them reduced to 7 lines or less.

If anyone has a problem with these changes then feel free to get in touch with me.

Secondly I really do not see the need for the kind of comment that Bamakyttn made. It was uncalled for and made solely because Rygel has only recently registered. Does that make his opinions any less valid? No - many other long time members agreed with him as demonstrated by the replies and the poll.

I would suggest that Kyttn reasseses how she sees people and how she reacts to them. We have very little bitchyness here and I would like to keep it that way. We should encourage new members and make them feel welcome, not try to alienate them for contributing and having opinions.

Thank you,
Kim