What happens when signatures can be in any size?

[~Rule 63~ Lyeco 527]

I made this out curiosity. But what happens when everyone's signatures can be in any size instead of the 600x100 restriction? I am not suggesting this of course or make it real . But I want to know what happen, because I feel nothing wrong if this forum can have a signature in any size.

Edited May 21, 2014 by Lyeco

[Sugar Pea 2,682]

I think it would take up a ton of space for a post, as much as annoying if they put a HUGE picture in it, you know? Just too much...although I think that they should at least bump up the size a bit for non donors, subscribers and whatnot, I think letting everybody do any size would be a recipe for disaster. xD

[Guest90210 3,569]

I find massive signatures to be obnoxious, pointless, and annoying. There is no need to have a signature that covers the entire post pane, or anything close to that. I actually think the limitations set by MLPForums are perfect and reasonable

[Arceus Clone 42]

Im alright with the signature picture limit, And so i shall say:

 

I want the limit to stay, but i'd also be fine with the limit being increased for Subscribers/admins

[SCS 7,537]

The reason why we have dimension restrictions for avatars and signatures is to ensure a cleaner look for the site, as well as to avoid making pages take an excessively long time to load, particularly for individuals with slower internet connections. Additionally, we want to avoid people having to scroll through an unnecessary amount of image clutter to read content.
 
If people were able to have any size of avatar or signature they wanted, they could make it disruptively large, or even large enough to, in essence, break the page. Additionally, in general the greater the dimensions of an image the greater its file size, and if too many people had avatars and signatures with file sizes that were too large, the forum would slow down significantly. However, image dimension is not the only factor that determines the size of an image file, which is why we have a simultaneous restriction on how large the file size can be.
 
We feel that 150 x 150 / 100 kB for avatars and 600 x 100 for signatures is a reasonable restriction to ensure that the aforementioned goals are met. We have slightly larger limits for donors, staff, and subscribers: 150 x 200 / 150 kB for avatars and 600 x 200 for signatures. These restrictions give those individuals a bit more leeway while not compromising our overall goal to ensure a fun and efficient experience with the MLP Forum site for everyone.
 
This FAQ article goes into more detail regarding restrictions for avatars and signatures as well as why we have them, and this FAQ article enumerates what one gets for donating or subscribing, which includes mention of the restrictions for avatars and signatures for those who are staff, donors or subscribers.