Should Signatures Be Permanently Abolished and Goodybag Banners Ditched

There can be little doubt that adding Banners in signatures will potentially slow the new platform down and perhaps cause glitches that may spoil our future...

jaymailsays · 2019-08-31T08:36:07+00:00

There can be little doubt that adding Banners in signatures will potentially slow the new platform down and perhaps cause glitches that may spoil our future...

Should Signatures Be Permanently Abolished and Goodybag Banners Ditched

jaymailsays

allan1954 whats a goodybag banner never heard of that before. jaymailsays

A typical banner might now display 'Order a giffgaff sim and get a £10 goodybag with 6GB data and unlimited minutes/texts' so you would see it rather than 'hear' it in landscape view, if using a phone to view a post, with a signature.

benjamin567

jaymailsays I thought that I would really miss them but it hasn't bothered me too much.

I knew it was definitely time for the free sim banners to go because they just look clunky and out-dated

my only problem is that I see a lot of members responding to replies without tagging the person they are responding to in their answer. this means that they don't get a response which is very frustrating for them.

maybe we could have a little side note in the console reminding first-time users to tag in their answers

danwillen

benjamin567 I thought that I would really miss them but it hasn't bothered me too much.

I know what u mean when I was I on the preview site I did not even notice when they turned them off.

jaymailsays

harrrrrry
The more demands you place on any platform, the higher the risk that the damage to overall efficiency will be impaired.

Originally, Banners within signatures were visable in any mode, when Lithium was updated, signatures in mobile portrait mode were removed and Banners disappeared.

These days I question their value, the last time anyone ordered from my banner and activated a new account was at least a year ago. Sims are everywhere these days, online and in shops so the Banners worth has diminished.

chand311

jaymailsays yes agreed with you on signatures but yes for goodybag banners.

davidevans0000

We would like sim card banners back as this helps giffgaff and the members as for signatures they can go.

ray2

jaymailsays Hi jay i would like to see my banner back it's the only way i get any recruits, something small but still clickable for people coming on here to have a nose.

jaymailsays

ray2
Hi Ray,
I guess that if it meant this new platform were to became slower and had bugs and glitches similar to Lithium, many of us would forgo having signature Banners anymore.
I wonder in the last year of Lithium, did you gain many members as recruits, from your signature Banner? In mobile portrait mode, signatures were not visable to other users.

formulaone

ray2 Hi jay i would like to see my banner back it's the only way i get any recruits, something small but still clickable for people coming on here to have a nose.

Hiya!

Hope that your keeping well? 🙂

I have to agree with you 100% (bring them back). I noticed these on the preview site before they removed them and I personally did not find them to of been to much of an issue. Ie; taking to much space up. (It was actually good to see them back)

For those that do not share their MGM (Sim Order Link) or sell SIMs online, Ie; on eBay/Amazon etc. Then I think the signature banners are essential. Also on giffgaffs part aswell (for their revenue)

If we scrap the signature banners then we might aswell have our MGM (Sim Order Link) scrapped aswell, as this won't be of any need anymore. (Unless you share it online or give it out to people).

KEEP AND BRING BACK THE SIGNATURE BANNERS!

blackfive460

As long as I can hide them, I'm really not bothered! 😄

ray2

jaymailsays Hi jay,i use a laptop never used the phone app,so for me my only recruits came from my banner,maybe @t_will or @guy_ow can shed some light on it 😄

jaymailsays

ray2 Hi jay,i use a laptop never used the phone app,so for me my only recruits came from my banner

Hi Ray,
It's not so much whether you are on a laptop, more about those looking for a banner who are using a mobile phone. In most cases mobiles would not have displayed your Banner on Lithium in portrait view.
I do worry that re-introducing Banners will adversly affect the new platform. Having said that, there might be some scope to have a Banner link, within your Avatar profile but giffgaff's T&C would need to be updated to allow that inclusion of display code.

ray2

formulaone i'm good thanks,good to see you about,hope all is good your end.

I totally agree,there must be a workaround that doesn't compromise the platform performance.

formulaone

..... simple aye, why not have a feature (as I believe we once had), to turn our signature banners off, for those who don't wish to use these on the forum! .... surely this makes sense? 🙂

ray2

jaymailsays

jaymailsays there might be some scope to have a Banner link, within your Avatar profile but giffgaff's T&C would need to be updated to allow that inclusion of display code.

Hi Jay,that's what i am hoping that there is some way we can have our banners but without causing disruption to the platform.

dez_d

From a personal point of view I've never had an issue with them. I think if we do decide at what point we do turn on the signature area that we also have the ability not to show them within our own settings.

ray2

dez_d Hi dez that's a good compromise.

jaymailsays

dez_d
Afternoon Dez,
I guess other priorities might delay re-introduction of signatures and Banners.

For example as things stand, anyone new to the Community, using a mobile, would not immediately recognise your role as a giffgaff Educator, unless they clicked on your profile.

Is there any hint when that situation might be improved?

mcilwraith

bring on the banners.i never get many activations but what i did get were from my banner

isabel1066

mcilwraith i agree bring back the banners theres always a chance for someone clicking the links.

dez_d

jaymailsays Is there any hint when that situation might be improved?

Not as yet but I suppose I can poke someone.

weelesleymc

i was just looking at the updated giffgaff super recruiter assets.there are banners there so surely we will be able to use them on here eventually