dspeyer comments on Community norm question: brief text ad signatures - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 11 July 2011 08:42AM

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Comment author: dspeyer 11 July 2011 03:40:42PM 5 points [-]

If so, let's make sure to have signatures be visually distinctive so they don't disrupt the flow of conversation. Maybe make them grey, if there's a shade that's distinct from black and readable against our backgrounds.

Comment author: Davorak 11 July 2011 06:23:05PM 10 points [-]

I would not want it at all in the comments. It might be acceptable to have them on main post.

Comment author: Michelle_Z 15 July 2011 04:47:12PM 1 point [-]

If they're going to be added, they should definitely not be added to the comments. That would clutter it up way too much. If they are added to posts, a line break between the post itself and the signature would help along with making the font a lighter shade of grey. Not so light that you cannot read, but something like the date and time next to the comment's name (about 50% grey? Can't honestly tell. I want to say 40% but that might be too light). It might also be aesthetically pleasing to place it in italics. That way those people who don't really want to see it automatically see the slanted, light font and skip over it, but it's available to someone who does want to read it.