Posted on 09/13/2006 9:14:01 AM PDT by MplsSteve
I'm given some thought to starting a Minnesota PING list.
Right now, I envision it would be a fairly moderate PING list - not in politics, but in the number of PINGs you're likely to receive.
If you're interested in being on the Minnesota PING List, let me know.
count me in
Add me to your list. However, I don't really understand what a ping list is. Can someone answer what it means? I keep seeing "ping" appearing in messages on FR topics.
Hi Gumdrop,
In a nutshell, when someone is pinged, it means another poster is calling your attention to a particular thread that might be of interest to you. It will show up in the upper right screen in red in "new posts to you." In this case, it will serve to "ping" you to Minnesota topics that could be pertinent to you. Basically, it's just a call to attention to like-minded Freepers to Minnesota news you may have missed in the sidebar.
Sometimes people just ping themselves to a thread for later reading. If a topic interests them and they don't have time to read it right away, they'll post a ping to their own screen name. Usually a ping is directed to another Freeper in the To: line when posting a comment.
Bump or bookmark are also commonly used terms when referencing a thread.
It serves as a bookmark of sorts. When you click on 'my comments' the ping will take you back to the thread you were interested in earlier.
I hope my explanation wasn't too vague. Please feel free to ask more questions. I'd be happy to answer them. :)
I just used the reply line in posting comments to ping you, and myself, to this thread.
This is a very useful thread you might enjoy.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1689962/posts
Happy Freeping! :)
I'd like to be on your list too please don't ya know.
Ya, vy, put me on da list too der.
Tanks a bunch!
LOL!
Not a problem! You're in.
I've added you & your list to the Master List of Ping Lists here on FR. An update including your new list will be out shortly.
I would like in on this.
I go in everyday and search under MN anyway, so this would be great.
Thanks for doing this
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