Our users are clamoring for signatures. It’s the one thing that has become the most consistent issue brought up so far. We cannot just ignore our audience, so I wanted to see what could be done.
While I understand the drawback of them, if there were an option that they were off by default, and users had the option to turn them on, I don’t see what the harm could be.
I hope that this is taken into consideration.
You are going to want to go into more detail than that.
One point of confusion:
So users can turn whether they see them on or off? Or they can enable/disable their own signature?
Also, if you can mockup screenshots of where you think these settings should exist, how the signature should be shown on a post, how the signature gets entered, etc. That would go a long way.
Will migrate to Discourse soon, I am curious to find out how much they will miss them 
Thanks. Will try to draft something more visual.
User Signature (in preferences)
Show user signatures at the bottom of messages
User signature (image) *Similar to the selection for User Card Background
Signature images will be shown below all messages, a max width of Xpx and max height of 200px
User signature (text)
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I don’t think this should be on core, but a somewhat complex plugin.
这是我们在社区中展示由另一位用户为许多成员制作的签名（firmas）的主题。
http://www.helloforos.com/t/varias-firmas-que-marta-nos-hizo/8625/31
就外观而言，我并不确定它必须有什么特别之处。我们的想法是，对于主动显示签名的用户，其效果应类似于在主题底部发布了一条消息。
需要记住的一点是，这些签名通常是动态 GIF 图像，因此我们不希望系统自动将其导入为 PNG 格式并调整其大小。
Yeah, I’ve edited the post, the validation should probably be customized by admin.
OTOH, that will be complex as hell.
Thx @falco for typing the requirements. I’m going to make some adjustments..
Priority 1
an image upload (or URL field) to place a single image (.png, .jpg or .gif). Max file size and dimensions to be checked.
a site wide option to enable this text area and signatures in general
a per user option on profile to see signatures below posts.
Priority 2
a text area on user profile that accepts and compiles the same markdown of posts. Max characters and no images allowed.
This may seem like a low important feature, BUT, the alternative is that users manually place these animated GIFs in the body of their messages, meaning that more users have to see these images that actually don’t want to. They start embedding links to external images that get placed in our messages.
By creating this feature, we end up keeping our message content much cleaner and creating a distinction between message and signature.
“We are the essence of what we DO! The part we each play in the cosmos. Doing good deeds for others is leaving our signature on the world.” ― Angie Karan
That would be waaaaaaaaaay better handled on signature save. Think of the data-caped users! They may want signatures while @ home and let the option turned on, but when on mobile I have lost my datacap to a single page filled with gifs.
You can either find a size that is good enough for both (200kb maybe?) or remove all on mobile version.
只是没想到调整动画 GIF 大小这么简单。我们可以让用户自行负责文件大小限制。
如果我们仅在桌面端提供该选项，我想用户也能理解。或者，我们可以提供双重选项……
显示用户签名
桌面端
移动端
Again, I want to remind people when looking at this feature not to just think about the users who are asking for it, but the users who don’t want to be forced to see it by users placing signatures manually in their posts.
“We are the essence of what we DO! The part we each play in the cosmos. Doing good deeds for others is leaving our signature on the world.” ― Angie Karan
We had a number of users ask for these until we pointed out the User Cards.
Signatures are pretty disruptive to the overall process of reading and participating in forums, so I was really glad that profile cards sufficed for our group.
As @sam once put it:
Plugin seems like the right place for this, I would be quite disheartened if core development time was spent on something like Signatures.
有地方可以找到能开发 Discourse 插件的开发者吗？
@sam. I respect your thoughts on this. I just want you to keep in mind that our audience is very passionate about this. Meaning they will insert their signatures (animated GIFs) manually in the meantime. So, by not putting the signature in a separate field where it can be handled properly, we are forcing the rest of our community to see them.
“We are the essence of what we DO! The part we each play in the cosmos. Doing good deeds for others is leaving our signature on the world.” ― Angie Karan
This would be a very cool plugin to make, but I not 100% I can handle it alone. 
@eviltrout we have a outlet inside the post that we can use to achieve signatures?
Sure, I can add that. Where would you want it to be?
Other than the one that’s already in post.hbs?
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{{post-gap post=this postStream=controller.model.postStream before="false"}}
{{plugin-outlet "post-bottom"}}
I agree. I think signatures are old-fashioned, just create clutter and don’t contribute to a conversation in any way. If someone says something interesting, I’ll view their card or click through to their profile to find out more about them.
I’m glad Discourse doesn’t have signatures.
@holden，如果用户开始在帖子中手动粘贴签名，您是否也希望能够关闭这些签名？由于我们没有签名栏，我们社区的用户正倾向于将签名直接粘贴到消息正文中。我的建议是将签名的显示设置为用户偏好选项（默认不显示）。
「我们是我们所行之事的精髓！这是我们在宇宙中各自扮演的角色。为他人行善，就是在世界上留下我们的签名。」—— Angie Karan
I think the one we have right now is good to show ads but for sigs it’s kinda strange for then to be after the post controls.
What about after the .cooked and before the .post-menu-area ?