Poll: Do you click links in signatures?

Yep! Cleeking feenger not being only for cleeking.

Naw. Most of 'em only lead to porn sites anyway.

Never, most of them are the same stuff...

I never do. Most siggies I don't even tune in on if there's a lot of stuff in them because my mind automatically rejects visual clutter, so I don't really perceive the links. If there's one interesting quote or two I will read those, but that's about it. Besides, if I followed all the links I'd spend even more computer time away from the stuff I should be doing than I already am.

Max's siggie just above this post is a perfect example of the type that I will pay attention to and don't feel visually aggravated by.

Joe270 said:

Naw. Most of 'em only lead to porn sites anyway.

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I just spent an hour checking and you're wrong, Joe.

JJ

JJ Cooper said:

I just spent an hour checking and you're wrong, Joe.

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I used to more than I do now. Downgraded to dial up and it's so FREAKin' Slow. :p

I do sometimes.

But no-one ever clicks mine.

JimmyB27 said:

I do sometimes.

But no-one ever clicks mine.

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But you do have excellent quotes.

Bartholomew said:

So far, the majority have implied that they'll click on something that catches their eye.

Logically, then, my links need to be in size 54 font, in flashing epilepsy-inducing neon shades of rainbow, with a script that makes a half-naked woman / man (based on the spyware I have installed on your computer, shamelessly mining data for me) appear and dance over it.

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Catches my eye, not yanks it out of my head and mashes it into a pulp with a sledgehammer.

nerdsRus said:

But you do have excellent quotes.

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I also have excellent links. The first being to a humourous fantasy story, written by one of the best writers I have ever been.

JimmyB27 said:

I also have excellent links. The first being to a humourous fantasy story, written by one of the best writers I have ever been.

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Point taken, and I WILL make the time to look, it's true I've not gotten round to that.



Jimmy, was that intentional or is it a typo? - "written by one of the best writers I have ever been." Intentional or not I love it. Keep it, use it.

Okay, help me out here - when I click on the link I get a page asking me to set up a wordpress site/account/something, and it tells me that DestinyDeceived doesn't exist.

What should I do next?

nerdsRus said:

Okay, help me out here - when I click on the link I get a page asking me to set up a wordpress site/account/something, and it tells me that DestinyDeceived doesn't exist.

What should I do next?

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Dodgy link in my sig. Maybe *that's* why no-one's clicked on it.


That's what I'm going to keep telling myself anyway.
Should be ok now.

JimmyB27 said:

Dodgy link in my sig. Maybe *that's* why no-one's clicked on it.

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It works perfectly now. I'm totally enjoying the story, will return to finish reading a little later. Good job!

nerdsRus said:

It works perfectly now. I'm totally enjoying the story, will return to finish reading a little later. Good job!

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Thanks.

You know, I think this has to be my most successful thread derail ever. From signatures to praise of me in only 17 posts.

JimmyB27 said:

I also have excellent links. The first being to a humourous fantasy story, written by one of the best writers I have ever been.

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based on that line alone I now want to read it.

Bartholomew said:

The rest of us are badmouthing you in the elite "super poster" forum. Trust me.

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Meh. Out of sight, out of mind.

Maryn said:

Sometimes I disable signatures or put certain users on ignore because their bloated, image-heavy, self-congratulatory signatures irk me beyond reason.

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Oh-oh.

Sometimes, but I skim past the signatures that contain more words than those in the entire thread. The ones that really irritate me are the ones with a gigantic graphic of the person's screen name or some other crazy thing.

allen