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DID I ASK TO BE ON YOUR PING LIST?
vanity | December 20, 2002 | southernnorthcarolina

Posted on 12/20/2002 3:57:53 PM PST by southernnorthcarolina

Apologies for the vanity post. But I want to rant a bit.

In the past few months, ping lists have proliferated to the point of annoyance. And it is especially irksome to find oneself on a list without having requested inclusion.

There's a word for this: .

Ponder this question, Chester: Did I ask to be on your #%&@ing ping list? No? Well, then. Draw the logical conclusion. If I wish to be on your ping list, rest assured you'll be the first to know. But while you wait with bated breath for my entreaty to be a party to your wisdom, I'll thank you not to make the assumption that I consider your blog indispensable.

Personally, I'd like to see pinging stopped entirely, via the placing of a limit on the number of people a post may be directed to -- preferably one, but no more than five, in my opinion. But failing that, it should at least be the case that unsolicited spam has no place on Free Republic.


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To: dighton
Thanks so much for your kind comments about the Foxhole. (Especially on THIS thread.)
161 posted on 12/20/2002 6:50:03 PM PST by Jen
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To: wimpycat
Thank you. I hope so too.
162 posted on 12/20/2002 6:50:59 PM PST by Jen
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To: SamAdams76
Great post! I get a kick out of the Onion's polling of these dummies! Your comments were as good (or better)than their writers. ROFLMAO! :-D
163 posted on 12/20/2002 6:51:26 PM PST by FBD
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To: southernnorthcarolina
I'll second this for about the 10th time. I posted once or twice to one thread and was on 2 ping lists within 24 hours. If I want to be on them, I'll ask. In the meantime, assume that I don't.
164 posted on 12/20/2002 6:54:00 PM PST by MtHLancerFan
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To: AntiJen
Please do Not remove me from your Foxhole ping list either.
165 posted on 12/20/2002 6:54:52 PM PST by katnip
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To: alisasny
The point is- don't add anyone to a ping list unless they SPECIFICALLY ASK TO BE ADDED.

Otherwise, un-requested pings are no better than SPAM.
166 posted on 12/20/2002 6:56:41 PM PST by TheBattman
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To: MtHLancerFan
I'll second this for about the 10th time. I posted once or twice to one thread and was on 2 ping lists within 24 hours. If I want to be on them, I'll ask. In the meantime, assume that I don't.

Amen

167 posted on 12/20/2002 6:59:06 PM PST by Riley
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To: AntiJen
Please take me off your ping list as well. Nothing personal - just on a few too many lists lately.
I have read and will continue to read The FReeper Foxhole daily. It's great. Thanks...
168 posted on 12/20/2002 6:59:52 PM PST by Route66
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To: southernnorthcarolina
Freep mail that special someone and tell him/her you want off the ping list. Voila (that's French you know) problem solved.
169 posted on 12/20/2002 7:03:30 PM PST by dennisw
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To: AntiJen
I'd also request to be removed. I appreciate the subject, certainly, but in the little time I'm able to spend at FR daily, I prefer being able to quickly find responses to my own posts. Thanks,
170 posted on 12/20/2002 7:04:08 PM PST by Objective Reality
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To: SamAdams76
Hahahaha. I've put you on my Christmas humor ping list.
171 posted on 12/20/2002 7:06:43 PM PST by dennisw
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To: dennisw
Freep mail that special someone and tell him/her you want off the ping list

Why should the pingee be responsible for being taken off of lists they don't want to be on in the first place? I'd say the pinger should initiate the contact rather than just putting my name on the list and when I ask in the open forum to be removed, they get all pissy about it.

172 posted on 12/20/2002 7:07:15 PM PST by MtHLancerFan
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To: SamAdams76
I'm impressed! Best post I've seen in a while.

LOL at the LOTR lady :)
173 posted on 12/20/2002 7:07:34 PM PST by shattered
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To: SamAdams76
FUNNIEST POST EVER!!! YOU ROCK DUDE!!

btw, do you like Howie Carr?

174 posted on 12/20/2002 7:07:57 PM PST by MatthewViti
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To: AntiJen
Thanks jen... but I asked you privately to remove me... the above comment was more appropriately directe towards a whole PILE of pinger lists I have been involuntarily subscribed to...

The freeper foxhole is a GREAT project. I visit it often. And will continue to. thanks for removing me from the automatic ping list because I visit without a ping... and expect to see it every day.

Keep up the good work. and have a very wonderful Christmas. LOVE your webpage...
175 posted on 12/20/2002 7:12:56 PM PST by Robert_Paulson2
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To: TheBattman
And that is fine however the suggestion to do away with the ping list or limit it to 5 names does not sit well with me.
176 posted on 12/20/2002 7:13:07 PM PST by alisasny
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To: SamAdams76
ROFLOL!!! Ohhhhh. That_is_funny! Another clever post! Hahahahahahahahaha!
177 posted on 12/20/2002 7:13:35 PM PST by ApesForEvolution
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To: Route66
You've been removed. Thanks for your polite note. I'm glad you enjoy the Foxhole and visit regularly!
178 posted on 12/20/2002 7:16:18 PM PST by Jen
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To: Robert_Paulson2
Thanks for your kind note. I'm glad you like the Foxhole and visit often!
179 posted on 12/20/2002 7:18:05 PM PST by Jen
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To: katnip
Gladly! Thanks.
180 posted on 12/20/2002 7:20:14 PM PST by Jen
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