Moderators: time for us to fill signature?

General Discussion
#1

I am not exaggerating when I say that it makes an enormous difference whether we can easily read the history of the OP rather quickly and readily vs having to ask him or search through historical posts.

Here are some of the advantages of having everyone fill their signature with a short summary of symptoms, onset, duration on treatment, duration off treatment, and what helped, what made worse:

  • First, that saves posters time since no need to fill background nor answer questions about background

  • second, this makes for efficient communications where more information is in one place

  • Third, this enhances comparability of situations between posters. Sometimes they argue about the effectiveness of some regimen, while in fact they have completely different symptoms.

  • Fourth, while also having a link to the poster’s history (first post), a short signature forces the poster to focus on the key events and key regimens that helped…

  • Fifth, browsing the forums becomes much more educational… While i read i get to be reminded that e.g. Exercise helps most people on the forum…

Please if you agree with above voice your agreement, fill your signature AND joining me in this request. The forum is currently very hard to read and a lot of time is wasted on asking people what symptoms they had, and sometimes there is no answer…

Thanks all

#2

I totally agree with your idea. Often I find myself ‘re-typing’ this info in posts anyhow.

The only part I’m not sure about is listing our protocols/treatments that work or things that don’t.
This would be an enormous signature for me and since I have not tested or isolated each item, there’s no way to give an opinion on effectiveness since other items are also being injested or injected at the same time. And over time, I’ve changed and tweaked my own plan based on CDNuts, adding things, removing things etc. So I think it may be best to limit a signature to contain the basics like you listed.

But still, either way, this would be helpful to everyone posting and reading. Would it make more sense to include these data points in our profile which appears on the left of the screen?

#3

This has been recommended many times before. I even suggested it once back in the day.

It would be nice to see.

#4

Guys, thanks for expressing support. Maybe you could start by adding your signatures, and we will keep asking people to do so if the moderators don’t act (i don’t understand).

Regarding what worked or not, follow your instincts, if you feel something stands out and deserves mentioning (i felt the sun was in my case) then mention it, if it is too much details with no clear cut findings, then don’t or just post a link to your introductory thread.

Hoping more will come in to support. I have, like you all, a very busy life but trying to do whatever together with you all to heal, which includes donations first and then ensuring a productive environment on the forum.

Best

#5

If i wrote my symptoms to my signature, space wouldnt be enough to fill it.

#6

Link to your story in your signature. People can also click your profile to view your story and symptoms if you fill it out properly.