Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Pocket PC Thoughts Forum Guidelines
Posted by Jason Dunn in "UPDATE" @ 11:00 AM
I thought it was time to dust off the old Pocket PC Thoughts forum posting guidelines that I wrote up almost two years ago, and suggest that everyone give them a read. I've updated our section on sigs, because things have gotten a little crazy with sigs lately.
"Signatures - Related to spamming, sigs are provided as a way for people to learn more about you, for you to make a statement with a quote, etc. I have zero problem with people putting URLs in their sig - in fact I encourage it - but there's a fine line between giving people an URL to click on and turning your sig into an advertisement. Mazingo subscription URLs, affiliate shopping links, and any sort of commercial content simply shouldn't be there. I really don't want to become a "sig cop", policing signatures. I'd ask that you respect this guideline. I don't want to turn into a USENET rule-thumper and say "three lines only", so just use your good judgment. Is your sig longer than most of your posts? Time to trim it. Are you putting graphics in your sig that are distracting others from the content of the discussion? Re-think using graphics. Are you listing off every PDA you've ever owned? Ask yourself why. In many cases, it makes more sense to simply link to a personal home page that has all of the information you're trying to cram into your sig. Remember that sigs support HTML, so don't put full URLs in your sign - make them into hyperlinks. Keep your sigs tidy and minimal, and we'll all be happy. :D"
"Signatures - Related to spamming, sigs are provided as a way for people to learn more about you, for you to make a statement with a quote, etc. I have zero problem with people putting URLs in their sig - in fact I encourage it - but there's a fine line between giving people an URL to click on and turning your sig into an advertisement. Mazingo subscription URLs, affiliate shopping links, and any sort of commercial content simply shouldn't be there. I really don't want to become a "sig cop", policing signatures. I'd ask that you respect this guideline. I don't want to turn into a USENET rule-thumper and say "three lines only", so just use your good judgment. Is your sig longer than most of your posts? Time to trim it. Are you putting graphics in your sig that are distracting others from the content of the discussion? Re-think using graphics. Are you listing off every PDA you've ever owned? Ask yourself why. In many cases, it makes more sense to simply link to a personal home page that has all of the information you're trying to cram into your sig. Remember that sigs support HTML, so don't put full URLs in your sign - make them into hyperlinks. Keep your sigs tidy and minimal, and we'll all be happy. :D"
