Vote above!

:D for me yes...

sorry for the insult but...

ksstudio, your sig should be BANED and thrown in the trash, because of your massively over the top sig, and how much it has annoyed me, I would NEVER consider purchasing ANYTHING from you!!

Im sure there are many other people on WHT that feel the same, grow up!!

Originally posted by xtstrike
sorry for the insult but...

ksstudio, your sig should be BANED and thrown in the trash, because of your massively over the top sig, and how much it has annoyed me, I would NEVER consider purchasing ANYTHING from you!!

Im sure there are many other people on WHT that feel the same, grow up!!

Well, yeah, his signature bothers me,too. I thought it was only me thinking that way though.

:)

yeah yeah i know,

seems like my sig bringing a lot of troubles, few poll started more or less because of my sig...

I am going to get a 'brand new sig" after 18th May ...


:D

Originally posted by ksstudio
:)

yeah yeah i know,

seems like my sig bringing a lot of troubles, few poll started more or less because of my sig...

I am going to get a 'brand new sig" after 18th May ...


:D

Don't smilie. It became pretty serious matter.
You don't seem to mind it though.

:)
Maybe I should start a poll "Do you want further polls about signatures and colors and...?"

hehe seems like WHT'ers don't like prices in sig's :(

something like one link per domain might be a sensible approach....

Greg Moore

My new sigs!

Sorry for bringing a lots of trouble because of the sig.

;)

You guys are missing a big point here. Allowing prices in the sigs gets hosts curious about each other, and they check out each others plans. It keeps the price competition going.

Sigs should be kept to one color, 3 lines max, with a char limit per line. Thats enough for me which is links to 3 services, a plan, and a quote.

It's the hosts like Burst who have page long sigs that started all this in the first place. Personally I think it's a political issue..."I'll get the laws changed so everyone knows who I am" type thing. Come to think of it, Carlos should just move this server to Russia or China. Seems like it'll fit right in there pretty soon.

Who got the wild hair to start this anyway? If you want to issue a limit, simply limit how much they can say and how they can say it (colors, line limits, etc). No other forum I go to limits pricing or plans in the sigs. That even includes Freewebspace.net, whom I thought were the strictest....till now. Just like too few rules, too many can trash a good discussion forum.

I totally agree with you!
Originally posted by Webdude
You guys are missing a big point here. Allowing prices in the sigs gets hosts curious about each other, and they check out each others plans. It keeps the price competition going.

Sigs should be kept to one color, 3 lines max, with a char limit per line. Thats enough for me which is links to 3 services, a plan, and a quote.

It's the hosts like Burst who have page long sigs that started all this in the first place. Personally I think it's a political issue..."I'll get the laws changed so everyone knows who I am" type thing. Come to think of it, Carlos should just move this server to Russia or China. Seems like it'll fit right in there pretty soon.

Who got the wild hair to start this anyway? If you want to issue a limit, simply limit how much they can say and how they can say it (colors, line limits, etc). No other forum I go to limits pricing or plans in the sigs. That even includes Freewebspace.net, whom I thought were the strictest....till now. Just like too few rules, too many can trash a good discussion forum.

I think a host's signature should look like this:

________________________
zolbian @ ZolHost Inc. (http://)
Dedicated & Co-locating starting at $200/month


Basicly.. one line to put their name and and their company name which is a link to their website and one line to briefly describe their services. No colors are even needed, but if they really want to they can use one other color except for black.

my $0.02

I agree!

Originally posted by zolbian
I think a host's signature should look like this:

________________________
zolbian @ ZolHost Inc. (http://)
Dedicated & Co-locating starting at $200/month


Basicly.. one line to put their name and and their company name which is a link to their website and one line to briefly describe their services. No colors are even needed, but if they really want to they can use one other color except for black.

my $0.02

Indeed

Something like

----------------------------
Come Talk to the Hottest chicks in the planet
*** 1 - 900 - HABBA HABBA ****
Only $2.50 a minute
----------------------------

Should be more than enought :D *

* the above is only an example, 1-900-HABBA-HABBA is ficticious, and is in no way related to HABBA HABBA, Inc

Originally posted by ksstudio
My new sigs!

Sorry for bringing a lots of trouble because of the sig.

;)

That's much better.

Originally posted by Webdude
You guys are missing a big point here. Allowing prices in the sigs gets hosts curious about each other, and they check out each others plans. It keeps the price competition going.

Come to think of it, Carlos should just move this server to Russia or China. Seems like it'll fit right in there pretty soon.
I think it's you who has missed the point, or is ignoring it. The focus of all but one of these forums is discussion, not advertising. It is not the purpose of the forums or signatures to encourage price competition. Neither would it work or even serve the consumers' best interests.

Your petulant comparison of a few rules designed to preserve the atmosphere and focus of these forums to the totalitarian regimes of China and, presumably, the former Soviet Union (pay attention, Russia has gone capitalistic in the last decade plus) is both inappropriate and childish. In a totalitarian regime, you have no choice. Here, you can take your ball and go home if you don't like the rules. You have that choice and the ability to make it without recrimination.

Oh that is where you are very wrong. The sig is for the purpose of advertising, as according to the rules.

You may continue to promote your business in the ways allowed in these forums. This means a signature file and/or an e-mail link listed within your personal profile.

If you ask me, a signiture should be just that. A signature. Not an advertising spot!

Does mine bothers anyone :confused:

Cause i don't want to :bawling:

Hi ksstudio

I greatly admire your most civil response to criticism in this thread. Your professional behavior is refreshing, especially in these forums where, in the past, flame wars seemed to spontaneously ignite.

I do not understand the signature issue. Our words (in the signature elements) have ranged from the frivolous or humorous to the serious or entertaining. In all this time I have never read a signature element that is likely to greatly influence the hosting industry. IMHO I think this is much to do over trivia.

However I would also go out of my way not to offend others in this, our association. Thank you for your exemplary response.

Gary

Originally posted by Webdude
Oh that is where you are very wrong. The sig is for the purpose of advertising, as according to the rules.

Because the rules say you "may" advertise in your sig doesn't make it the "purpose" of the sig. The rule doesn't say you MUST advertise your prices in your sig; it's allowed as the least objectionable concession to those who feel compelled to advertise.

I think we should have the privillage of publically beating with a stick the offending users.

What really gets me mad is:


Hosting Company Blah
http://www.url.com
Prices from $1 a month!
Plan A (http://a/) Plan B (http://b/) Plan C (http://c/)


Annoy anyone else?

If anything, blame can only be placed upon us, your faithful moderators, for failing to set up guidelines that cover this. Besides being over 4 lines, no one has violated anything ever, though it is apparent many of you would like to see some restictions in place.

Once this happens, some of you won't like it (nature of the beast).

Overall, my preference is to 4 lines worth of space. If you want two lines of slightly larger text, so be it. But something in the form of:

Jim Bob McChicken
My Hosting Co - http://hostingco.com
Offering dedicated and virtual hosting solutions.
Quote: - "Life is like a box of chickens"

or multiple sites:

Jim Bob McChicken
My Hosting Co - http://hostingco.com - Offering dedicated and virtual hosting solutions.
My Other Site - http://othersite.com - Whoo hooo, this is my other site and what it is.
My Third Site - http://thirdsite.com - CDS Homepage - nude pictures of chickens.

But i agree with you chicken, i hate restrictions!
Originally posted by Chicken

Jim Bob McChicken
My Hosting Co - http://hostingco.com
Offering dedicated and virtual hosting solutions.
Quote: - "Life is like a box of chickens" (wouldnt want to be in that life -rofl)
Homepage - nude pictures of chickens. (oh no porn chickens :( god help you chicken)

For me personally, do what you want. I think too much on a sig looks ugly and I don't mind if people put prices in their sig. I do agree that a sig is for advertising. My 2 cents!!

My sig is definetly the best. 1 line only :) can you beat that?

Originally posted by Hostexp
My sig is definetly the best. 1 line only :) can you beat that? Yes. In fact, I've never failed to beat that.

-heh- -heh- no comment..
Originally posted by JayC
Yes. In fact, I've never failed to beat that.