Thread:Feedback/Stopping bad signatures?/Gmaxwell (5)

Customizable signatures are a usability problem. Clicking what goes where? They also create social problems as people use them for spammish-promoting of various things, a set of issues greatly magnified by the O(1) ability to change it.

Lets take the mandatory link idea a setup further: Make only the text part customizable... so I can change Gmaxwell to Greg Maxwell, but make the links all system provided. The signatures aren't there for the benefit of the person posting— they know who they are. The signature is for everyone else so it should be optimized for everyone else. This coupled with your reset on block would be a complete solution.