Quote Originally Posted by DJ NUNYA
havnt you lot stopped bitching yet
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A very constructive and helpful response, cheers.
Why do some people have so much difficulty grasping a very simple point ? Alls I'm saying is it would be nice to have a choice in our profiles, like on a lot of other forums, to choose whether we want signatures displayed or not.

I'll try and spell this out again, nice and slow.
Forums are places for people to discuss and share info about music they like.
They are also a useful place for people to advertise and discuss events.
As such, people can and will advertise new releases etc, and also up and coming events. All good for small labels, small promoters etc. who can't afford big budget advertising.
O.k. still with me ? All simple so far.

Many people use these forums at work and in college. For many of them it's the only reasonable option - surprisingly, and I know it's difficult to believe, but many people's mums haven't shelled out for them to have broadband in their bedrooms. So work/college time is their only chance to share in this information. Most college and work places allow some surfing time, but not all day, and most, except a very few, will have some sort of restriction on the type of content that can be viewed. If a site very obviously looks like a forum or chat room, a lot of bosses are going to have problems with that. They are of the opinion that they pay people to do their jobs, not to spend all day chatting on the internet. I know ! Bastards !
So having options to tailor a site to make it look as discreet as possible makes a huge amount of sense, especially as Mark EG has been asking how we can make sections of this forum more popular and encourage more users to post. This doesn't stop people from having signatures if they want them, nor does it stop people from viewing them when they are at home, or in offices with understanding bosses etc. It just gives them another choice.
This section of the forum (Bugs/Features) is for those types of suggestions. This is just one such suggestion - it is not, as you wrongly accuse, bitching. It's a simple suggestion to the admin that may lead to more people being able to use the site more often if he can implement it.

Also, at a time when the entire underground music industry is in recession, with distributors and labels having to shut down, it makes even more sense to make it easier for wage earners (i.e the people with the most disposable income to buy tunes and to support events) to have access to that information and to make it less of a ball-ache for them to be able to interact with like-minded individuals. Every single person who chooses not to use this site because it isn't work safe is a potential punter lost to someone advertising an event in their area, or a potential sale lost to a record label, if they don't get that info.