Why are signature campaigns not shown when logged out?

[tyz]

I have been on BitcoinTalk.org for more than three years, but now I notice that the user signatures are only displayed when logged in.
My simple question is, why? Any important reason?

[Holliday]

I tested on several devices with different browsers and I can see signatures just fine while not logged in.

[newIndia]

I tested on several devices with different browsers and I can see signatures just fine while not logged in.

I can confirm the same as well. Both signature & forum ads are visible while not logged in. Only trust is not shown.

[majorX]

I tested on several devices with different browsers and I can see signatures just fine while not logged in.

I can confirm the same as well. Both signature & forum ads are visible while not logged in. Only trust is not shown.

Exactly, I just tested it and I see no problem. That's weird that you're not seeing it.

[Fortify]

I think it has been that way for a long time and it is at a lot of forums. I believe some forums do it to cut down the bandwidth consumption that search engine bots take up, they have no obligation to show your links and you have to be happy they allow it at all

[minifrij]

Signatures show up when users aren't logged in exactly the same as when they are. Archive websites usually aren't logged into accounts, however (as you can see following the link), the website picks them up fine. Are you sure you don't have any extensions/scripts running on Bitcointalk?

I think it has been that way for a long time and it is at a lot of forums. I believe some forums do it to cut down the bandwidth consumption that search engine bots take up, they have no obligation to show your links and you have to be happy they allow it at all

For the amount of bandwidth it would save it is questionable if anywhere would do it for that reason at all. I expect that, if it were in place, it would be to prevent spam back links from promoting a website in search rankings.