Talking about those collage images we see after a users post.

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[–] 11 points 3 years ago (7 children)

There were some valid reasons to have them, if you go far enough back in history, but those reasons haven't applied for a long time. Meanwhile, signatures gradually evolved into a plague. They often took up more space than the posts and they were often brightly colored or animated. Sigs made reading the actual text harder while serving as a distraction.

As you might guess, I am glad to see them gone. What used to go into sig blocks can now go into your profile. Anyone who's interested can just click. It's a much better setup all around.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Yeah lot of space taken up with signatures. Profile Pic is enough. Even places that allowed them had size limits to keep them from being obnoxious.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    When ye olde Eternal September hit, many new users did not realize B1FF was satire, and thus chose to emulate the coolest dude on the internet.

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