Thread: RFC 1855: Netiquette Guidelines

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

Might I suggest that while signatures ought be tasteful and readable, RFC 1855 was last updated in 1995 long before php bulletins were in use. We might consider that netiquette 15 years old and written for plain-format email is not the law of the land anymore...

What he said.

Considering the art we practice and regularity we use 1800's stuff, I don't think we have anything to say about a ruleset a mere 15 years old. I mean, that's practically brand spanking new! =D

However, netiquette should be observed today too because of the popularity of mobile reading - huge signatures with fancy animate gifs and shaving club affiliations look plenty good with big screens, but people reading with mobile phones on slow connections might not have very positive things to say about them. Some people's signatures are almost one and half screens worth on my phone.

There's no law about these things, but it is a courtesy extended to others. This site has been pretty good in those things, and I'd like to think it continues in the future.

And Jimmy, don't you touch that flexing fingers text in your sig - that's one thing that can't be repeated enough.