what is the deal....

[buryyourbrideau]

you know i always thought when i first joined this board, people who posted their user name in every post at the end was pretty cool, i mean not too may people did it, only a few come to mind such as duff man and narco and whatnot but now it seems with all the new jacks on the board, its become a trend. i think ive read at least 15 posts today where the user puts their name in the end of their posts. so anyone know why this "trend" has started? any comments?

[clayj]

You mean in the signature? Or the way Duff-Man does it, in the body of the message itself?

[Guitarius]

Why does this annoy you so?

[buryyourbrideau]

You mean in the signature? Or the way Duff-Man does it, in the body of the message itself?

in the body itself. i love the way duff man does it

[PlaceofDis]

my actual nickname in real life is in my signature, but i dont type it up every post, but yes i have noticed it, doesn't bother me one bit personally, to each their own

[buryyourbrideau]

Why does this annoy you so?

never actually said it annoyed me, just wondering why people do it, i just thought a certain few had it as their own and should keep it as their style. just thought if others had noticed it as much as me

[Zman5225]

well I am a member of some other boards, mainly audio and video, home equipment and what not, and I normally end my posts with a symbol before the first letter in my name something like @Z or 0Z or =Z, it's just something I started a long time ago and it just stuck. Doesn't really mean anything, just stuck heh.

+Z

[goodtimes5]

I wouldn't exactly call it a style; it's nothing more than a name at the end.

So what?

I hope you don't go around criticizing everyone who starts a letter off with "Dear."

[buryyourbrideau]

I wouldn't exactly call it a style; it's nothing more than a name at the end.

So what?

I hope you don't go around criticizing everyone who starts a letter off with "Dear."

umm no. there is no need to get offended. MY POINT is that no one really ever did it except for a few people and now so many are. it was just a random thread i thought could spark some discussion and an excuse to not do my online course right now

[Lacero]

It annoys me to no end. Words cannot describe how much it annoys me.

[PlaceofDis]

i don't think it is a trend, i think you just notice it more because we have so many more active members and keep growing

[buryyourbrideau]

i don't think it is a trend, i think you just notice it more because we have so many more active members and keep growing

yea.. i mean i only joined in march and the community was large at that point, and since then i have only noticed it to seem it has doubled

[oldschool]

it doesn't bother me for longer posts, but when someone responds with a "yes" then their nickname, seems sort of ridiculous.

[katie ta achoo]

I'm kind of curious-- do they have something SET UP to do it for them?

The people signing their one or two letter nick names, I'm not too curious about, but Duff-Man's prefix and suffix are long, and I know that I'd get really ticked off having to write it every time...

Is it just a matter of cut'n'Paste?


sometimes I wish I had a beard, so that I could stroke it when I'm thinking really hard.

That'd rock SO HARD!

[vniow]

I agree. Out of all the pet peeves (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=26436) I have, that has to be one of the most annoying ones.

-Ani

[greatdevourer]

I really don't understand it, either. I mean, it's cool for Duff Man and people like that, but seriously, do you think we need to be told twice who you are? The username thing over there <-- is perfectly OK