Email signatures are those tiny blocks of text that trail behind messages, often ignored or skimmed over. But these fragments are like digital footprints, revealing who someone wants to appear as in a professional or casual context.

Many signatures become relics—old job titles, outdated phone numbers, and quotes that no one reads but everyone inherits. They linger unchanged, like digital ghosts of past selves stubbornly clinging to relevance.

Sometimes, they reveal hierarchy with a subtle flourish—colors, fonts, logos—signaling status without saying a word. Other times, they betray insecurity, stuffed with contact info as if shouting, "Look, I’m reachable!" even when the message itself is ignored.

The most curious aspect? People rarely update them, letting these snippets become time capsules of professional histories, forgotten but still silently introducing us long after the main message is read or deleted.