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Maybe JohnRob could put a "Do Not Disturb" sign option on the profile pages to discourage, or a "ping block" to truly STOP them.

I don't think a "ping block" would work too well in its current form since it is simply a message that says "ping", "bump", etc. It would be hard to filter those messages while retaining non-ping messages that just happen to have those words in them. And abusers could just say "Hey, you! Look at this!".

My suggestion, which would probably not involve too much modification to the software, would be to have a link on each story that says "Notify Others". It would accept a user list, and behind the scenes it would post a message to those users with a code of some sort that denotes a ping. When the thread is being displayed, it would automatically filter out any message with a "ping code". This would also make a ping block possible.

Just a suggestion, for any future bulletin board updates.

The discussion on this thread is most interesting . But no one has mentioned the "Bump Register" which I think is a great way to keep informed on topic areas without everyone getting bogged down in "PING" lists.

John -- are you still going to be able to implement the automatic notification for people that sign up for particular topic areas?

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