Just a bit embarassed here. Having been in FR for as long or longer than most I still don’t have a clue what being on a ping list means. Asked once and got a meaningless answer.
Can I try one more time? What does being on a ping list mean?
Oh, and I’d like to be on your diabetes ping list if it doesn’t mean that my machine won’t explode or some such. I was diagnosed 3/06. Had my A1G (or whatever) tested yesterday and it was 6.3. Thought it was high but they said fine.
A ping list is where you will be notified whenever something of this nature comes up.
A1c of 6.3 is good. Mine was 7.3 when last tested.
It's a list of screen names of FReepers who are interested in various topics. See my homepage. Theres's a bunch. Some are for states, others for various categories. I'll add you to the diabetes list.
If you click on “Post Reply”, it puts the person’s name into the “To:” box that posted the comment to which you are replying. Clear as mud?
It’s like replying to an email, only here, you are replying to a comment.
When someone replies to a comment you made, when you go to the main forum page, there will be a red bolded “New posts to you” at the top. If you click on that, you will see a list of all recent comments (or pings) TO you.
A ping list is a bunch of names in the To: box. Like having several people in the “reply to” box of your email.
So, if JoeBlow is interested in ... blowing .... and JillBlow posts articles about blowing, or sees an article that someone else has posted, she will “ping” people who have expressed an interest, i.e., she will post a reply listing everyone who have said, “ping me”.
FYI, it is considered bad manners to frequently ping someone to a list or topic when they haven’t specifically said, “ping me!”.
Ping lists here are micro communities in our (macro) Free Republic world. Make sense?