Very good advice!
I had someone add me to their ping list simply because I responded on one of his threads. After requesting several times that he remove me, I finally had to threaten to report him to JimRob. Now I mostly avoid his threads. If I do respond, I add a warning that says: "My response on this thread is NOT a request to be added to your ping list. Any attempt to do so will be reported immediately to JimRob."
Change the word "him" to "her" and I was in exactly the same situation.